The Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE BFBG HIHI JIJISaid Will I'll stay and till the land | A |
Said Jack I'll sail the sea | B |
So one went forth kit bag in hand | A |
The other ploughed the lea | B |
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They met again at Christmas tide | C |
And wistful were the two | D |
Said Jack you're lucky here to bide | C |
Said Will I envy you | D |
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For in your eyes a light I see | B |
Of tropic shores agleam | E |
Said Jack You need not envy me | B |
For still you have the Dream | E |
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The Dream that lured me out to sea | B |
'Twas bright as paradise | F |
Far fairer than the memory | B |
You see within my eyes | G |
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So if my foolish urge you share | H |
In foreign lands to roam | I |
Take up my kit bag waiting there | H |
And I will stay at home | I |
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Yet while the years have fated Will | J |
To sow the sober loam | I |
The eyes of Jack are starry still | J |
High riding hills of foam | I |
Robert Service
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