Alaskan Balladry, No.1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DED FGFG HEH BIBI JEJ KEKE EHEH ELEL JGJGThe Northland reared his hoary head | A |
And spied the Southland leagues away | B |
'Fairest of all fair brides ' he said | A |
'Be thou my bride I pray ' | C |
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Whereat the Southland laughed and cried | D |
'I'll bide beside my native sea | E |
And I shall never be thy bride | D |
Till thou com'st wooing me ' | - |
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The Northland's heart was a heart of ice | F |
A diamond glacier mountain high | G |
Oh love is sweet at any price | F |
As well know you and I | G |
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So gayly the Northland took his heart | H |
And cast it in the wailing sea | E |
'Go thou with all thy cunning art | H |
And woo my bride for me ' | - |
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For many a night and for many a day | B |
And over the leagues that rolled between | I |
The true heart messenger sped away | B |
To woo the Southland queen | I |
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But the sea wailed loud and the sea wailed long | J |
While ever the Northland cried in glee | E |
'Oh thou shalt sing us our bridal song | J |
When comes my bride O sea ' | - |
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At the foot of the Southland's golden throne | K |
The heart of the Northland ever throbs | E |
For that true heart speaks in the waves that moan | K |
The songs that it sings are sobs | E |
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Ever the Southland spurns the cries | E |
Of the messenger pleading the Northland's part | H |
The summer shines in the Southland's eyes | E |
The winter bides in her heart | H |
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And ever unto that far off place | E |
Which love doth render a hallowed spot | L |
The Northland turneth his honest face | E |
And wonders she cometh not | L |
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The sea wails loud and the sea wails long | J |
As the ages of waiting drift slowly by | G |
But the sea shall sing no bridal song | J |
As well know you and I | G |
Eugene Field
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