Gone From My Sight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE F G HAI E J K LM| I am standing upon the seashore A ship at my side | A |
| spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts | B |
| for the blue ocean She is an object of beauty and strength | C |
| I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck | D |
| of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other | E |
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| Then someone at my side says 'There she is gone' | F |
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| Gone where | G |
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| Gone from my sight That is all She is just as large in mast | H |
| hull and spar as she was when she left my side | A |
| And she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port | I |
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| Her diminished size is in me not in her | E |
| And just at the moment when someone says 'There she is gone ' | - |
| there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices | J |
| ready to take up the glad shout 'Here she comes ' | - |
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| And that is dying | K |
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| Death comes in its own time in its own way | L |
| Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it | M |
Henry Van Dyke
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Rita Altland : My brother passed at 55 years old. I had the minister read this poem at his funeral. It has been 17 years and I still cry when I read this poem.
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