Farewell To J. R. Lowell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IJKK LLMM| FAREWELL for the bark has her breast to the tide | A |
| And the rough arms of Ocean are stretched for his bride | A |
| The winds from the mountain stream over the bay | B |
| One clasp of the hand then away and away | B |
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| I see the tall mast as it rocks by the shore | C |
| The sun is declining I see it once more | C |
| To day like the blade in a thick waving field | D |
| To morrow the spike on a Highlander's shield | D |
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| Alone while the cloud pours its treacherous breath | E |
| With the blue lips all round her whose kisses are death | E |
| Ah think not the breeze that is urging her sail | F |
| Has left her unaided to strive with the gale | F |
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| There are hopes that play round her like fires on the mast | G |
| That will light the dark hour till its danger has past | G |
| There are prayers that will plead with the storm when it raves | H |
| And whisper 'Be still ' to the turbulent waves | H |
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| Nay think not that Friendship has called us in vain | I |
| To join the fair ring ere we break it again | J |
| There is strength in its circle you lose the bright star | K |
| But its sisters still chain it though shining afar | K |
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| I give you one health in the juice of the vine | L |
| The blood of the vineyard shall mingle with mine | L |
| Thus thus let us drain the last dew drops of gold | M |
| As we empty our hearts of the blessings they hold | M |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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