Beside The Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEDEFF AAGGAA HIHIJJ KHKHAA LMNNOO APAPQQ| One time he dream'd beside a sea | A |
| That laid a mane of mimic stars | B |
| In fondling quiet on the knee | A |
| Of one tall pearl'd cliff the bars | B |
| Of golden beaches upward swept | C |
| Pine scented shadows seaward crept | C |
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| The full moon swung her ripen'd sphere | D |
| As from a vine and clouds as small | E |
| As vine leaves in the opening year | D |
| Kissed the large circle of her ball | E |
| The stars gleamed thro' them as one sees | F |
| Thro' vine leaves drift the golden bees | F |
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| He dream'd beside this purple sea | A |
| Low sang its tranced voice and he | A |
| He knew not if the wordless strain | G |
| Made prophecy of joy or pain | G |
| He only knew far stretch'd that sea | A |
| He knew its name Eternity | A |
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| A shallop with a rainbow sail | H |
| On the bright pulses of the tide | I |
| Throbb'd airily a fluting gale | H |
| Kiss'd the rich gilding of its side | I |
| By chain of rose and myrtle fast | J |
| A light sail touch'd the slender mast | J |
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| A flower bright rainbow thing he said | K |
| To one beside him far too frail | H |
| To brave dark storms that lurk ahead | K |
| To dare sharp talons of the gale | H |
| Belov'd thou woulds't not forth with me | A |
| In such a bark on such a sea | A |
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| First tell me of its name she bent | L |
| Her eyes divine and innocent | M |
| On his He raised his hand above | N |
| Its prow and answ'ring swore 'Tis Love | N |
| Now tell she ask'd how is it built | O |
| Of gold or worthless timber gilt | O |
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| Of gold he said Whence named asked she | A |
| The roses of her lips apart | P |
| She paus'd a lily by the sea | A |
| Came his swift answer From my heart | P |
| She laid her light palm in his hand | Q |
| Let loose the shallop from the strand | Q |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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