Sutherland-s Grave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEFGGHH IIJJKKLLMMNNBB| ALL NIGHT long the sea out yonder all night long the wailful sea | A |
| Vext of winds and many thunders seeketh rest unceasingly | B |
| Seeketh rest in dens of tempest where like one distraught with pain | C |
| Shouts the wild eyed sprite Confusion seeketh rest and moans in vain | C |
| Ah but you should hear it calling calling when the haggard sky | D |
| Takes the darks and damps of Winter with the mournful marsh fowl s cry | D |
| Even while the strong swift torrents from the rainy ridges come | E |
| Leaping down and breaking backwards million coloured shapes of foam | F |
| Then and then the sea out yonder chiefly looketh for the boon | G |
| Portioned to the pleasant valleys and the grave sweet summer moon | G |
| Boon of Peace the still the saintly spirit of the dew dells deep | H |
| Yellow dells and hollows haunted by the soft dim dreams of sleep | H |
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| All night long the flying water breaks upon the stubborn rocks | I |
| Ooze filled forelands burnt and blackened smit and scarred with lightning shocks | I |
| But above the tender sea thrift but beyond the flowering fern | J |
| Runs a little pathway westward pathway quaint with turn on turn | J |
| Westward trending thus it leads to shelving shores and slopes of mist | K |
| Sleeping shores and glassy bays of green and gold and amethyst | K |
| There tread gently gently pilgrim there with thoughtful eyes look round | L |
| Cross thy breast and bless the silence lo the place is holy ground | L |
| Holy ground for ever stranger All the quiet silver lights | M |
| Dropping from the starry heavens through the soft Australian nights | M |
| Dropping on those lone grave grasses come serene unbroken clear | N |
| Like the love of God the Father falling falling year by year | N |
| Yea and like a Voice supernal there the daily wind doth blow | B |
| In the leaves above the sailor buried ninety years ago | B |
Henry Kendall
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