A Burial At Sea. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH JKJK LMLM GNGN EMEM| The shore hath blent with the distant skies | A |
| O'er the bend of the crested seas | B |
| And the leaning ship in her pathway flies | A |
| On the sweep of the freshened breeze | B |
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| Swift be its flight for a dying guest | C |
| It bears across the billow | D |
| And she fondly sighs in her native West | C |
| To find a peaceful pillow | D |
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| There o'er the tide her kindred sleep | E |
| And she would sleep beside them | F |
| It may not be for the sea is deep | E |
| And the waves the waves divide them | F |
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| It may not be for the flush is flown | G |
| That lighted her lily cheek | H |
| 'Twas the passing beam ere the sun goes down | I |
| Life's last and loveliest streak | H |
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| 'Tis gone and a dew is o'er her now | J |
| The dew of the mornless eve | K |
| No morrow will shine on that pallid brow | J |
| For the spirit hath ta'en its leave | K |
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| The ship heaves to and the funeral rite | L |
| O'er the lovely form is said | M |
| And the rough man's cheek with tears is bright | L |
| As he lowers the gentle dead | M |
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| The corse sinks down alone alone | G |
| To its dark and dreary grave | N |
| And the soul on a lightened wing hath flown | G |
| To the world beyond the wave | N |
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| 'Tis a fearful thing in the sea to sleep | E |
| Alone in a silent bed | M |
| 'Tis a fearful thing on the shoreless deep | E |
| Of the spirit world to tread | M |
Samuel Griswold Goodrich
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