Sea-gulls Of Manhattan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGEGHIJI KLMLDNAN KJOJOEPE AFEFEDAD| Children of the elemental mother | A |
| Born upon some lonely island shore | B |
| Where the wrinkled ripples run and whisper | A |
| Where the crested billows plunge and roar | B |
| Long winged tireless roamers and adventurers | C |
| Fearless breasters of the wind and sea | D |
| In the far off solitary places | E |
| I have seen you floating wild and free | D |
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| Here the high built cities rise around you | F |
| Here the cliffs that tower east and west | G |
| Honeycombed with human habitations | E |
| Have no hiding for the sea bird's nest | G |
| Here the river flows begrimed and troubled | H |
| Here the hurrying panting vessels fume | I |
| Restless up and down the watery highway | J |
| While a thousand chimneys vomit gloom | I |
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| Toil and tumult confiict and confusion | K |
| Clank and clamor of the vast machine | L |
| Human hands have built for human bondage | M |
| Yet amid it all you float serene | L |
| Circling soaring sailing swooping lightly | D |
| Down to glean your harvest from the wave | N |
| In your heritage of air and water | A |
| You have kept the freedom Nature gave | N |
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| Even so the wild woods of Manhattan | K |
| Saw your wheeling flocks of white and grey | J |
| Even so you fluttered followed floated | O |
| Round the Half Moon creeping up the bay | J |
| Even so your voices creaked and chattered | O |
| Laughing shrilly o'er the tidal rips | E |
| While your black and beady eyes were glistening | P |
| Round the sullen British prison ships | E |
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| Children of the elemental mother | A |
| Fearless floaters 'mid the double blue | F |
| From the crowded boats that cross the ferries | E |
| Many a longing heart goes out to you | F |
| Though the cities climb and close around us | E |
| Something tells us that our souls are free | D |
| While the sea gulls fly above the harbor | A |
| While the river flows to meet the sea | D |
Henry Van Dyke
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