Far And Near Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCD EFEF GHGI JKJK LMLM NONP QRQR MSMS LTUT N VWVW XJXJ| The fact which suggested this poem | A |
| is related by Clarke in his Travels | B |
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| I | - |
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| Blue sky above blue sea below | C |
| Far off the old Nile's mouth | D |
| 'Twas a blue world wherein did blow | C |
| A soft wind from the south | D |
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| In great and solemn heaves the mass | E |
| Of pulsing ocean beat | F |
| Unwrinkled as the sea of glass | E |
| Beneath the holy feet | F |
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| With forward leaning of desire | G |
| The ship sped calmly on | H |
| A pilgrim strong that would not tire | G |
| Or hasten to be gone | I |
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| II | - |
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| List on the wave what can they be | J |
| Those sounds that hither glide | K |
| No lovers whisper tremulously | J |
| Under the ship's round side | K |
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| No sail across the dark blue sphere | L |
| Holds white obedient way | M |
| No far fled sharp winged boat is near | L |
| No following fish at play | M |
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| 'Tis not the rippling of the wave | N |
| Nor sighing of the cords | O |
| No winds or waters ever gave | N |
| A murmur so like words | P |
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| Nor wings of birds that northward strain | Q |
| Nor talk of hidden crew | R |
| The traveller questioned but in vain | Q |
| He found no answer true | R |
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| III | - |
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| A hundred level miles away | M |
| On Egypt's troubled shore | S |
| Two nations fought that sunny day | M |
| With bellowing cannons' roar | S |
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| The fluttering whisper low and near | L |
| Was that far battle's blare | T |
| A lipping rippling motion here | U |
| The blasting thunder there | T |
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| IV | N |
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| Can this dull sighing in my breast | V |
| So faint and undefined | W |
| Be the worn edge of far unrest | V |
| Borne on the spirit's wind | W |
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| The uproar of high battle fought | X |
| Betwixt the bond and free | J |
| The thunderous roll of armed thought | X |
| Dwarfed to an ache in me | J |
George Macdonald
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