The Dream Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD BEBE BFBG HIHI JIJI| Said 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 William Service
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