By The Seaside : The Secret Of The Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABA CDED FGEG HEEE EIAI JKAL MGN OAE NEAE MANA| Ah what pleasant visions haunt me | A |
| As I gaze upon the sea | A |
| All the old romantic legends | B |
| All my dreams come back to me | A |
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| Sails of silk and ropes of sandal | C |
| Such as gleam in ancient lore | D |
| And the singing of the sailors | E |
| And the answer from the shore | D |
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| Most of all the Spanish ballad | F |
| Haunts me oft and tarries long | G |
| Of the noble Count Arnaldos | E |
| And the sailor's mystic song | G |
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| Like the long waves on a sea beach | H |
| Where the sand as silver shines | E |
| With a soft monotonous cadence | E |
| Flow its unrhymed lyric lines | E |
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| Telling how the Count Arnaldos | E |
| With his hawk upon his hand | I |
| Saw a fair and stately galley | A |
| Steering onward to the land | I |
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| How he heard the ancient helmsman | J |
| Chant a song so wild and clear | K |
| That the sailing sea bird slowly | A |
| Poised upon the mast to hear | L |
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| Till his soul was full of longing | M |
| And he cried with impulse strong | G |
| 'Helmsman for the love of heaven | N |
| Teach me too that wondrous song ' | - |
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| 'Wouldst thou ' so the helmsman answered | O |
| 'Learn the secret of the sea | A |
| Only those who brave its dangers | E |
| Comprehend its mystery ' | - |
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| In each sail that skims the horizon | N |
| In each landward blowing breeze | E |
| I behold that stately galley | A |
| Hear those mournful melodies | E |
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| Till my soul is full of longing | M |
| For the secret of the sea | A |
| And the heart of the great ocean | N |
| Sends a thrilling pulse through me | A |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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