In Romney Marsh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH AIAI JKJK GHGH| As I went down to Dymchurch Wall | A |
| I heard the South sing o'er the land | B |
| I saw the yellow sunlight fall | A |
| On knolls where Norman churches stand | B |
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| And ringing shrilly taut and lithe | C |
| Within the wind a core of sound | D |
| The wire from Romney town to Hythe | C |
| Along its airy journey wound | D |
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| A veil of purple vapour flowed | E |
| And trailed its fringe along the Straits | F |
| The upper air like sapphire glowed | E |
| And roses filled Heaven's central gates | F |
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| Masts in the offing wagged their tops | G |
| The swinging waves pealed on the shore | H |
| The saffron beach all diamond drops | G |
| And beads of surge prolonged the roar | H |
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| As I came up from Dymchurch Wall | A |
| I saw above the Downs' low crest | I |
| The crimson brands of sunset fall | A |
| Flicker and fade from out the West | I |
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| Night sank like flakes of silver fire | J |
| The stars in one great shower came down | K |
| Shrill blew the wind and shrill the wire | J |
| Rang out from Hythe to Romney town | K |
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| The darkly shining salt sea drops | G |
| Streamed as the waves clashed on the shore | H |
| The beach with all its organ stops | G |
| Pealing again prolonged the roar | H |
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Mike Green: 'In Romney Marsh' is a poem which I found in a copy of the 1943 edn of The Anthology of Modern Verse' which I found - altho no longer 'Modern' of course - I think that this poem still 'holds water' as a v atmospheric piece - with references to Dymchurch Wall - somewhere i know of old via holidays etc.
As well as actual description - ref. to ships' 'masts in the offing' - there is an other-worldly ambience conjured up, with historical allusions.
Still a modern piece, I think.
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