The Sea-change Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBFGHBFG IJJKLJMKJNK OPQRSPORTPURWhere 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 |
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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 |
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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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