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