Musing On The Roaring Ocean. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDF GHGI J CECFTune Druimion dubh | A |
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I | - |
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Musing on the roaring ocean | B |
Which divides my love and me | C |
Wearying heaven in warm devotion | B |
For his weal where'er he be | C |
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II | - |
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Hope and fear's alternate billow | D |
Yielding late to nature's law | E |
Whisp'ring spirits round my pillow | D |
Talk of him that's far awa | F |
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III | - |
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Ye whom sorrow never wounded | G |
Ye who never shed a tear | H |
Care untroubled joy surrounded | G |
Gaudy day to you is dear | I |
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IV | J |
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Gentle night do thou befriend me | C |
Downy sleep the curtain draw | E |
Spirits kind again attend me | C |
Talk of him that's far awa | F |
Robert Burns
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