The Dream-ship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK MNOP QKRK ISTS SUVU WLSL XBYB ZHIH| When the world is fast asleep | A |
| Along the midnight skies | B |
| As though it were a wandering cloud | C |
| The ghostly dream ship flies | B |
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| An angel stands at the dream ship's helm | D |
| An angel stands at the prow | E |
| And an angel stands at the dream ship's side | F |
| With a rue wreath on her brow | E |
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| The other angels silver crowned | G |
| Pilot and helmsman are | H |
| And the angel with the wreath of rue | I |
| Tosseth the dreams afar | H |
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| The dreams they fall on rich and poor | J |
| They fall on young and old | K |
| And some are dreams of poverty | L |
| And some are dreams of gold | K |
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| And some are dreams that thrill with joy | M |
| And some that melt to tears | N |
| Some are dreams of the dawn of love | O |
| And some of the old dead years | P |
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| On rich and poor alike they fall | Q |
| Alike on young and old | K |
| Bringing to slumbering earth their joys | R |
| And sorrows manifold | K |
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| The friendless youth in them shall do | I |
| The deeds of mighty men | S |
| And drooping age shall feel the grace | T |
| Of buoyant youth again | S |
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| The king shall be a beggarman | S |
| The pauper be a king | U |
| In that revenge or recompense | V |
| The dream ship dreams do bring | U |
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| So ever downward float the dreams | W |
| That are for all and me | L |
| And there is never mortal man | S |
| Can solve that mystery | L |
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| But ever onward in its course | X |
| Along the haunted skies | B |
| As though it were a cloud astray | Y |
| The ghostly dream ship flies | B |
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| Two angels with their silver crowns | Z |
| Pilot and helmsman are | H |
| And an angel with a wreath of rue | I |
| Tosseth the dreams afar | H |
Eugene Field
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