When Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE BGCGHICI DABAJEDEI dwell in the western inland | A |
Afar from the sounding sea | B |
But I seem to hear it sobbing | C |
And calling aloud to me | B |
And my heart cries out for the ocean | D |
As a child for its mother's breast | E |
And I long to lie on its waters | F |
And be lulled in its arms to rest | E |
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I can close my eyes and fancy | B |
That I hear its mighty roar | G |
And I see its blue waves splashing | C |
And plunging against the shore | G |
And the white foam caps the billow | H |
And the sea gulls wheel and cry | I |
And the cool wild wind is blowing | C |
And the ships go sailing by | I |
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Oh wonderful mighty ocean | D |
When shall I ever stand | A |
Where my heart has gone already | B |
There on thy gleaming strand | A |
When shall I ever wander | J |
Away from the inland west | E |
And strand by thy side dear ocean | D |
And rock on thy heaving breast | E |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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