Roadways Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBB CDED FFGF EBEB FHBH FIFI| One road leads to London | A |
| One road leads to Wales | B |
| My road leads me seawards | B |
| To the white dipping sails | B |
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| One road leads to the river | C |
| And it goes singing slow | D |
| My road leads to shipping | E |
| Where the bronzed sailors go | D |
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| Leads me lures me calls me | F |
| To salt green tossing sea | F |
| A road without earth's road dust | G |
| Is the right road for me | F |
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| A wet road heaving shining | E |
| And wild with seagull's cries | B |
| A mad salt sea wind blowing | E |
| The salt spray in my eyes | B |
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| My road calls me lures me | F |
| West east south and north | H |
| Most roads lead men homewards | B |
| My road leads me forth | H |
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| To add more miles to the tally | F |
| Of grey miles left behind | I |
| In quest of that one beauty | F |
| God put me here to find | I |
John Masefield
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