Said The Wind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBACCDEBBFFGHGHIIJ JKKLM AANNBBHHLLHOPILLLIQ AARLRLILILSSSTTIIIIL LL AALLUUIILLIILLVVNFWN UUIIIXXILIIIIICome with me said the Wind | A |
To the ship within the dock | B |
Or dost thou fear the shock | B |
Of the ocean hidden rock | B |
When tempests strike thee full and leave thee blind | A |
And low the inky clouds | C |
Blackly tangle in thy shrouds | C |
And ev'ry strained cord | D |
Finds a voice and shrills a word | E |
That word of doom so thunderously upflung | B |
From the tongue | B |
Of every forked wave | F |
Lamenting o'er a grave | F |
Deep hidden at its base | G |
Where the dead whom it has slain | H |
Lie in the strict embrace | G |
Of secret weird tendrils but the pain | H |
Of the ocean's strong remorse | I |
Doth fiercely force | I |
The tale of murder from its bosom out | J |
In a mighty tempest clangour and its shout | J |
In the threat'ning and lamenting of its swell | K |
Is as the voice of Hell | K |
Yet all the word it saith | L |
Is 'Death ' | M |
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Come with me sang the Wind | A |
Why art thou love unkind | A |
Thou are too fair O ship | N |
To kiss the slimy lip | N |
Of the cold and dismal shore and prithee mark | B |
How chill and dark | B |
Shew the vast and rusty linkings of the chain | H |
Hoarse grating as with pain | H |
Which moors thee | L |
And secures thee | L |
From the transports of the soft wind and the main | H |
Aye strain thou and pull | O |
Thy sails are dull | P |
And dim from long close furling on thy spars | I |
But come thou forth with me | L |
And full and free | L |
I'll kiss them kiss them kiss them till they be | L |
White as the Arctic stars | I |
Or as the salt white pinions of the gulf | Q |
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Come with me sang the Wind | A |
O ship belov'd and find | A |
How golden gloss'd and blue | R |
Is the sea | L |
How thrush sweet is my voice how dearly true | R |
I'll keep my nuptial promises to thee | L |
O mine to guide thy sails | I |
By the kisses of my mouth | L |
Soft as blow the gales | I |
On the roses in the south | L |
O mine to guide thee far | S |
From ruddy coral bar | S |
From horizon to horizon thou shalt glimmer like a star | S |
Thou shalt lean upon my breast | T |
And I shall rest | T |
And murmur in thy sails | I |
Such fond tales | I |
That thy finest cords | I |
Will syren like chant back my mellow words | I |
With such renew'd enchantment unto me | L |
That I shall be | L |
By my own singing closer bound to thee | L |
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Come with me sang the Wind | A |
Thou knowest love my mind | A |
No more I'll try to woo thee | L |
Persuade thee or pursue thee | L |
For thou art mine | U |
Since first thy mast a tall and stately pine | U |
Beneath Norwegian skies | I |
Sang to my sighs | I |
Thou thou wert built for me | L |
Strong lily of the sea | L |
Thou cans't not choose | I |
The calling of my low voice to refuse | I |
And if Death | L |
Were the sole sad wailing burthen of my breath | L |
Thy timbers at my call | V |
Would shudder in their thrall | V |
Thy sails outburst to touch my stormy lip | N |
Like a giant quick in a grave | F |
Thy anchor heave | W |
And close upon my thunder pulsing breast O ship | N |
Thou would'st tremble nor repine | U |
That being mine | U |
Thy spars | I |
Like long pale lights of falling stars | I |
Plunged in the Stygian blackness of the sea | I |
And to billowy ruin cast | X |
Thy tall and taper mast | X |
Rushed shrieking headlong down to an abyss | I |
O ship O love if Death | L |
Were such sure portion thou could'st not refuse | I |
But thou would'st choose | I |
As mine to die and call such choosing bliss | I |
For thou for me | I |
Wert plann'd from all eternity | I |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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