The Welsh Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGI| Far out across Carnarvon bay | A |
| Beneath the evening waves | B |
| The ancient dead begin their day | A |
| And stream among the graves | B |
| - | |
| Listen for they of ghostly speech | C |
| Who died when Christ was born | D |
| May dance upon the golden beach | C |
| That once was golden corn | D |
| - | |
| And you may learn of Dyfed's reign | E |
| And dream Nemedian tales | F |
| Of Kings who sailed in ships from Spain | E |
| And lent their swords to Wales | F |
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| Listen for like a golden snake | G |
| The Ocean twists and stirs | H |
| And whispers how the dead men wake | G |
| And call across the years | I |
James Elroy Flecker
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