Sea Change Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFGG HIHDJJ KLKLFF MFMFNN| I saw a Priest in beetle black | A |
| Come to our golden beach | B |
| And I was taken sore aback | A |
| Lest he should choose to preach | B |
| And chide me for my only wear | C |
| A Gee string and a brassi egrave re | D |
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| And then I saw him shyly doff | E |
| And fold his grim soutane | F |
| And one by one his clothes take off | E |
| Until like any man | F |
| He stood in bathing trunks a sight | G |
| To thrill a maiden with delight | G |
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| For he was framed and fashioned like | H |
| Apollo Belvedere | I |
| I felt my heart like cymbal strike | H |
| Beneath my brassi egrave re | D |
| And then the flounce of foam he broke | J |
| And disappeared with flashing stroke | J |
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| We met 'Twas in the billows roll | K |
| Oh how he sang with joy | L |
| But not a hymn a merry troll | K |
| With gusto of a boy | L |
| I looked and lo the priest was gone | F |
| And in his place a laughing faun | F |
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| Today confession I have made | M |
| The Father's face was stern | F |
| And I was glad that in the shade | M |
| Mine he could not discern | F |
| He gave me grace but oh the bliss | N |
| The salty passion of his kiss | N |
Robert Service
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