The Broken Oar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECDF| Once upon Iceland's solitary strand | A |
| A poet wandered with his book and pen | B |
| Seeking some final word some sweet Amen | B |
| Wherewith to close the volume in his hand | A |
| The billows rolled and plunged upon the sand | A |
| The circling sea gulls swept beyond his ken | B |
| And from the parting cloud rack now and then | B |
| Flashed the red sunset over sea and land | A |
| Then by the billows at his feet was tossed | C |
| A broken oar and carved thereon he read | D |
| 'Oft was I weary when I toiled at thee' | E |
| And like a man who findeth what was lost | C |
| He wrote the words then lifted up his head | D |
| And flung his useless pen into the sea | F |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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