The River Of Ruin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DEFFE GHDDH DFFFF AIJJI| Along by the river of ruin | A |
| They dally the thoughtless ones | B |
| They dance and they dream | C |
| By the side of the stream | C |
| As long as the river runs | B |
| - | |
| It seems all so pleasant and cheery | D |
| No thought of the morrow is theirs | E |
| And their faces are bright | F |
| With the sun of delight | F |
| And they dream of no night brooding cares | E |
| - | |
| The women wear garlanded tresses | G |
| The men have rings on their hands | H |
| And they sing in their glee | D |
| For they think they are free | D |
| They that know not the treacherous sands | H |
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| Ah but this be a venturesome journey | D |
| Forever those sands are ashift | F |
| And a step to one side | F |
| Means a grasp of the tide | F |
| And the current is fearful and swift | F |
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| For once in the river of ruin | A |
| What boots it to do or to dare | I |
| For down we must go | J |
| In the turbulent flow | J |
| To the desolate sea of Despair | I |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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