The Tides Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECDE| I saw the long line of the vacant shore | A |
| The sea weed and the shells upon the sand | B |
| And the brown rocks left bare on every hand | B |
| As if the ebbing tide would flow no more | A |
| Then heard I more distinctly than before | A |
| The ocean breathe and its great breast expand | B |
| And hurrying came on the defenceless land | B |
| The insurgent waters with tumultuous roar | A |
| All thought and feeling and desire I said | C |
| Love laughter and the exultant joy of song | D |
| Have ebbed from me forever Suddenly o'er me | E |
| They swept again from their deep ocean bed | C |
| And in a tumult of delight and strong | D |
| As youth and beautiful as youth upbore me | E |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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