A Sailor's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDE DFGFHH IJKJLL BAMANN| Oh for the breath of the briny deep | A |
| And the tug of the bellying sail | B |
| With the sea gull's cry across the sky | C |
| And a passing boatman's hail | B |
| For be she fierce or be she gay | D |
| The sea is a famous friend alway | E |
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| Ho for the plains where the dolphins play | D |
| And the bend of the mast and spars | F |
| And a fight at night with the wild sea sprite | G |
| When the foam has drowned the stars | F |
| And pray what joy can the landsman feel | H |
| Like the rise and fall of a sliding keel | H |
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| Fair is the mead the lawn is fair | I |
| And the birds sing sweet on the lea | J |
| But the echo soft of a song aloft | K |
| Is the strain that pleases me | J |
| And swish of rope and ring of chain | L |
| Are music to men who sail the main | L |
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| Then if you love me let me sail | B |
| While a vessel dares the deep | A |
| For the ship 's my wife and the breath of life | M |
| Are the raging gales that sweep | A |
| And when I 'm done with calm and blast | N |
| A slide o'er the side and rest at last | N |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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