The Surfer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFGDG CHHD DIIDJK| He thrust his joy against the weight of the sea | A |
| climbed through slid under those long banks of | B |
| foam | C |
| hawthorn hedges in spring thorns in the face stinging | D |
| How his brown strength drove through the hollow and coil | E |
| of green through weirs of water | F |
| Muscle of arm thrust down long muscle of water | F |
| and swimming so went out of sight | G |
| where mortal masterful frail the gulls went wheeling | D |
| in air as he in water with delight | G |
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| Turn home the sun goes down swimmer turn home | C |
| Last leaf of gold vanishes from the sea curve | H |
| Take the big roller s shoulder speed and serve | H |
| come to the long beach home like a gull diving | D |
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| For on the sand the grey wolf sea lies snarling | D |
| cold twilight wind splits the waves hair and shows | I |
| the bones they worry in their wolf teeth O wind blows | I |
| and sea crouches on sand fawning and mouthing | D |
| drops there and snatches again drops and again snatches | J |
| its broken toys its whitened pebbles and shells | K |
Judith Wright
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