Pagham Harbour Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD CDEF GHIF CJAKLMC CFNIO| The blur of sky and sea | A |
| this white grey morning | B |
| before the day burns | C |
| moves into blue | D |
| - | |
| the sweet butter scent of gorse | C |
| the sweet scent of you | D |
| dear daughter ghost in my head | E |
| dear daughter | F |
| - | |
| the mudflats and sailings shine | G |
| as the children run by | H |
| along marsh edge and the high dyke bank | I |
| egret and oystercatcher dunlin and sandpiper | F |
| - | |
| In the distance a train passes | C |
| where a short neat man | J |
| pushes a refreshment trolley | A |
| his clean white shirt immaculately ironed | K |
| his black waistcoat just right | L |
| the quiet dignity of him | M |
| as he passes through the hours | C |
| - | |
| You d know this the particulars | C |
| were you here | F |
| held in the wide sky arc | N |
| the children running on the dyke bank | I |
| absorbed in this world | O |
Lee Harwood
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