The Sea Diver Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKJK HLHL MHMH NANA| My way is on the bright blue sea | A |
| My sleep upon its rocking tide | B |
| And many an eye has followed me | A |
| Where billows clasp the worn seaside | B |
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| My plumage bears the crimson blush | C |
| When ocean by the sun is kissed | D |
| When fades the evening's purple flush | C |
| My dark wing cleaves the silver mist | D |
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| Full many a fathom down beneath | E |
| The bright arch of the splendid deep | F |
| My ear has heard the sea shell breathe | G |
| O'er living myriads in their sleep | F |
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| They rested by the coral throne | H |
| And by the pearly diadem | I |
| Where the pale sea grape had o'ergrown | H |
| The glorious dwellings made for them | I |
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| At night upon my storm drench'd wing | J |
| I poised above a helmless bark | K |
| And soon I saw the shattered thing | J |
| Had passed away and left no mark | K |
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| And when the wind and storm were done | H |
| a ship that had rode out the gale | L |
| Sunk down without a signal gun | H |
| And none was left to tell the tale | L |
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| I saw the pomp of day depart | M |
| The cloud resign its golden crown | H |
| When to the ocean's beating heart | M |
| The sailor's wasted corse went down | H |
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| Peace be to those whose graves are made | N |
| Beneath the bright and silver sea | A |
| Peace that their relics there were laid | N |
| With no vain pride and pageantry | A |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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