Time And Tide Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFECGCG HIHIEJEJCGCG KJKJKKKKCGCG LKLKMLMMCNCN OPOQCJPJCNCN| As I was walkin on the strand | A |
| I spied ane auld man sit | B |
| On ane auld black rock and aye the waves | C |
| Cam washin up its fit | B |
| His lips they gaed as gien they wad lilt | D |
| But o' liltin wae's me was nane | E |
| He spak but an owercome dreary and dreigh | F |
| A burden wha's sang was gane | E |
| Robbie and Jeanie war twa bonnie bairns | C |
| They playt thegither i' the gloamin's hush | G |
| Up cam the tide and the mune and the sterns | C |
| And pairtit the twa wi' a glint and a gush | G |
| - | |
| What can the auld man mean quod I | H |
| Sittin o' the auld black rock | I |
| The tide creeps up wi' a moan and a cry | H |
| And a hiss 'maist like a mock | I |
| The words he mutters maun be the en' | E |
| O' some weary auld warl' sang | J |
| A deid thing floatin aboot in his brain | E |
| 'At the tide 'ill no lat gang | J |
| Robbie and Jeanie war twa bonnie bairns | C |
| They playt thegither i' the gloamin's hush | G |
| Up cam the tide and the mune and the sterns | C |
| And pairtit the twa wi' a glint and a gush | G |
| - | |
| Hoo pairtit it them auld man I said | K |
| Was't the sea cam up ower strang | J |
| Oh gien thegither the twa o' them gaed | K |
| Their pairtin wasna lang | J |
| Or was are ta'en and the ither left | K |
| Ane to sing are to greit | K |
| It's sair I ken to be sae bereft | K |
| But there's the tide at yer feet | K |
| Robbie and Jeanie war twa bonnie bairns | C |
| And they playt thegither i' the gloamin's hush | G |
| Up cam the tide and the mune and the sterns | C |
| And pairtit the twa wi' a glint and a gush | G |
| - | |
| Was't the sea o' space wi' its storm o' time | L |
| That wadna lat things bide | K |
| But Death's a diver frae heavenly clime | L |
| Seekin ye neth its tide | K |
| And ye'll gaze again in ither's ee | M |
| Far abune space and time | L |
| Never ae word he answered me | M |
| But changed a wee his rime | M |
| Robbie and Jeanie war twa bonnie bairns | C |
| And they playt thegither upo' the shore | N |
| Up cam the tide and the mune and the sterns | C |
| And pairtit the twa for evermore | N |
| - | |
| May be auld man 'twas the tide o' change | O |
| That crap atween the twa | P |
| Hech that's a droonin fearsome strange | O |
| Waur waur nor are and a' | Q |
| He said nae mair I luikit and saw | C |
| His lips they couldna gang | J |
| Death the diver had ta'en him awa | P |
| To gie him a new auld sang | J |
| Robbie and Jeanie war twa bonnie bairns | C |
| And they playt thegither upo' the shore | N |
| Up cam the tide and the mune and the sterns | C |
| And souft them awa throu a mirksome door | N |
George Macdonald
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