The Fisher Child's Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFCDCDGBGB CDCD| THE wind is out in its rage to night | A |
| And your father is far at sea | B |
| The rime on the window is hard and white | A |
| But dear you are near to me | B |
| Heave ho weave low | C |
| Waves of the briny deep | D |
| Seethe low and breathe low | C |
| But sleep you my little one sleep sleep | D |
| The little boat rocks in the cove no more | E |
| But the flying sea gulls wail | F |
| I peer through the darkness that wraps the shore | E |
| For sight of a home set sail | F |
| Heave ho weave low | C |
| Waves of the briny deep | D |
| Seethe low and breathe low | C |
| But sleep you my little one sleep sleep | D |
| Ay lad of mine thy father may die | G |
| In the gale that rides the sea | B |
| But we'll not believe it not you and I | G |
| Who mind us of Galilee | B |
| Heave ho weave low | C |
| Waves of the briny deep | D |
| Seethe low and breathe low | C |
| But sleep you my little one sleep sleep | D |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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