My Father He Was A Fisherman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB C CD E EF G GD H HI| MY father he was a fisherman | A |
| That wrought at the break o' day | B |
| And hither and thither the long tides ran | A |
| I' the long blue bay | B |
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| 'The tides go up and the tides go down | C |
| But what do you know of the sea ' | - |
| Her voice i' the long gray streets o' the town | C |
| Is singing to me | D |
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| 'What do you know of the sails at dawn | E |
| What of the shell white foam ' | - |
| Cheerly and sweet from a world withdrawn | E |
| They are calling me home | F |
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| 'What is the grief you fain would tell | G |
| When your eyes are turned on me ' | - |
| O well it was taught and I learned it well | G |
| The grief o' the sea | D |
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| 'Where do you travel and where do you sleep | H |
| Where shall you take your rest ' | - |
| At the inn that shelters my father deep | H |
| I' the seas o' the west | I |
Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall
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