The Sisters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC D AA EE FF G HH I JJ KK L MM NN I KK L OO PP QQ RR SS TT U JJ VV WW XD YY J| ANNIE and Rhoda sisters twain | A |
| Woke in the night to the sound of rain | A |
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| The rush of wind the ramp and roar | B |
| Of great waves climbing a rocky shore | B |
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| Annie rose up in her bed gown white | C |
| And looked out into the storm and night | C |
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| 'Hush and hearken ' she cried in fear | D |
| 'Hearest thou nothing sister dear ' | - |
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| 'I hear the sea and the plash of rain | A |
| And roar of the northeast hurricane | A |
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| 'Get thee back to the bed so warm | E |
| No good comes of watching a storm | E |
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| 'What is it to thee I fain would know | F |
| That waves are roaring and wild winds blow | F |
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| 'No lover of thine's afloat to miss | G |
| The harbor lights on a night like this ' | - |
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| 'But I heard a voice cry out my name | H |
| Up from the sea on the wind it came | H |
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| 'Twice and thrice have I heard it call | I |
| And the voice is the voice of Estwick Hall ' | - |
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| On her pillow the sister tossed her head | J |
| 'Hall of the Heron is safe ' she said | J |
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| 'In the tautest schooner that ever swam | K |
| He rides at anchor in Anisquam | K |
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| 'And if in peril from swamping sea | L |
| Or lee shore rocks would he call on thee ' | - |
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| But the girl heard only the wind and tide | M |
| And wringing her small white hands she cried | M |
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| 'O sister Rhoda there's something wrong | N |
| I hear it again so loud and long | N |
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| ''Annie Annie ' I hear it call | I |
| And the voice is the voice of Estwick Hall ' | - |
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| Up sprang the elder with eyes aflame | K |
| 'Thou liest He never would call thy name | K |
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| 'If he did I would pray the wind and sea | L |
| To keep him forever from thee and me ' | - |
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| Then out of the sea blew a dreadful blast | O |
| Like the cry of a dying man it passed | O |
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| The young girl hushed on her lips a groan | P |
| But through her tears a strange light shone | P |
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| The solemn joy of her heart's release | Q |
| To own and cherish its love in peace | Q |
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| 'Dearest ' she whispered under breath | R |
| 'Life was a lie but true is death | R |
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| 'The love I hid from myself away | S |
| Shall crown me now in the light of day | S |
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| 'My ears shall never to wooer list | T |
| Never by lover my lips be kissed | T |
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| 'Sacred to thee am I henceforth | U |
| Thou in heaven and I on earth ' | - |
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| She came and stood by her sister's bed | J |
| 'Hall of the Heron is dead ' she said | J |
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| 'The wind and the waves their work have done | V |
| We shall see him no more beneath the sun | V |
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| 'Little will reek that heart of thine | W |
| It loved him not with a love like mine | W |
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| 'I for his sake were he but here | X |
| Could hem and 'broider thy bridal gear | D |
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| 'Though hands should tremble and eyes be wet | Y |
| And stitch for stitch in my heart be set | Y |
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| 'But now my soul with his soul I wed | J |
| Thine the living and mine the dead ' | - |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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