Sea Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD ECFC GHGH IJIJ KLKL| The old moon is tarnished | A |
| With smoke of the flood | B |
| The dead leaves are varnished | A |
| With colour like blood | B |
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| A treacherous smiler | C |
| With teeth white as milk | D |
| A savage beguiler | C |
| In sheathings of silk | D |
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| The sea creeps to pillage | E |
| She leaps on her prey | C |
| A child of the village | F |
| Was murdered today | C |
| - | |
| She came up to meet him | G |
| In a smooth golden cloak | H |
| She choked him and beat him | G |
| to death for a joke | H |
| - | |
| Her bright locks were tangled | I |
| She shouted for joy | J |
| With one hand she strangled | I |
| A strong little boy | J |
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| Now in silence she lingers | K |
| Beside him all night | L |
| To wash her long fingers | K |
| In silvery light | L |
Elinor Morton Wylie
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