In The Harbour: Prelude Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH| As treasures that men seek | A |
| Deep buried in sea sands | B |
| Vanish if they but speak | A |
| And elude their eager hands | B |
| - | |
| So ye escape and slip | C |
| O songs and fade away | D |
| When the word is on my lip | C |
| To interpret what ye say | D |
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| Were it not better then | E |
| To let the treasures rest | F |
| Hid from the eyes of men | E |
| Locked in their iron chest | F |
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| I have but marked the place | G |
| But half the secret told | H |
| That following this slight trace | G |
| Others may find the gold | H |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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