A Parable Of Immortality Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGH I J KLMC G NH OP O| I am standing upon the seashore | A |
| A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze | B |
| and starts for the blue ocean | C |
| - | |
| She is an object of beauty and strength | D |
| and I stand and watch until at last she hangs | E |
| like a speck of white cloud | F |
| just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other | G |
| Then someone at my side says | H |
| ' There she goes ' | - |
| - | |
| Gone where | I |
| - | |
| Gone from my sight that is all | J |
| - | |
| She is just as large in mast and hull and spar | K |
| as she was when she left my side | L |
| and just as able to bear her load of living freight | M |
| to the place of destination | C |
| - | |
| Her diminished size is in me not in her | G |
| - | |
| And just at the moment | N |
| when someone at my side says | H |
| ' There she goes ' | - |
| there are other eyes watching her coming | O |
| and other voices ready to take up the glad shout | P |
| - | |
| ' Here she comes ' | - |
| And that is dying | O |
Henry Van Dyke
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