The Sea-change Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACAC DEDEDE FGFGFG| Where river and ocean meet in a great tempestuous frown | A |
| Beyond the bar where on the dunes the white capped rollers break | B |
| Above one windmill stands forlorn on the arid grassy down | A |
| I will set my sail on a stormy day and cross the bar and seek | C |
| That I have sought and never found the exquisite one crown | A |
| Which crowns one day with all its calm the passionate and the weak | C |
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| When the mad winds are unreined wilt thou not storm my sea | D |
| I have ever loved thee so I have ever done thee wrong | E |
| In drear terrestrial ways When I trust myself to thee | D |
| With a last great hope arise and sing thine ultimate great song | E |
| Sung to so many better men O sing at last to me | D |
| That which when once a man has heard he heeds not over long | E |
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| I will bend my sail when the great day comes thy kisses on my face | F |
| Shall seal all things that are old outworn and anger and regret | G |
| Shall fade as the dreams and days shall fade and in thy salt embrace | F |
| When thy fierce caresses blind mine eyes and my limbs grow stark and set | G |
| All that I know in all my mind shall no more have a place | F |
| The weary ways of men and one woman I shall forget | G |
Ernest Christopher Dowson
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