Pagham Harbour Spring Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD CDEF GHIF CJAKLMC CFNIOThe blur of sky and sea | A |
this white grey morning | B |
before the day burns | C |
moves into blue | D |
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the sweet butter scent of gorse | C |
the sweet scent of you | D |
dear daughter ghost in my head | E |
dear daughter | F |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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