To N. V. De G. S. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQLRS STTHE UNFATHOMABLE sea and time and tears | A |
The deeds of heroes and the crimes of kings | B |
Dispart us and the river of events | C |
Has for an age of years to east and west | D |
More widely borne our cradles Thou to me | E |
Art foreign as when seamen at the dawn | F |
Descry a land far off and know not which | G |
So I approach uncertain so I cruise | H |
Round thy mysterious islet and behold | I |
Surf and great mountains and loud river bars | J |
And from the shore hear inland voices call | K |
Strange is the seaman s heart he hopes he fears | L |
Draws closer and sweeps wider from that coast | M |
Last his rent sail refits and to the deep | N |
His shattered prow uncomforted puts back | O |
Yet as he goes he ponders at the helm | P |
Of that bright island where he feared to touch | Q |
His spirit readventures and for years | L |
Where by his wife he slumbers safe at home | R |
Thoughts of that land revisit him he sees | S |
The eternal mountains beckon and awakes | S |
Yearning for that far home that might have been | T |
Robert Louis Stevenson
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