Longing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC ADAD AEAE| If you could sit with me beside the sea to day | A |
| And whisper with me sweetest dreamings o'er and o'er | B |
| I think I should not find the clouds so dim and gray | A |
| And not so loud the waves complaining at the shore | C |
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| If you could sit with me upon the shore to day | A |
| And hold my hand in yours as in the days of old | D |
| I think I should not mind the chill baptismal spray | A |
| Nor find my hand and heart and all the world so cold | D |
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| If you could walk with me upon the strand to day | A |
| And tell me that my longing love had won your own | E |
| I think all my sad thoughts would then be put away | A |
| And I could give back laughter for the Ocean's moan | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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