Water Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACBDBD EFEFBDBD BGBGBDBD| Come hither gently rowing | A |
| Come bear me quickly o'er | B |
| This stream so brightly flowing | A |
| To yonder woodland shore | C |
| But vain were my endeavour | B |
| To pay thee courteous guide | D |
| Row on row on for ever | B |
| I'd have thee by my side | D |
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| Good boatman prithee haste thee | E |
| I seek my father land | F |
| Say when I there have placed thee | E |
| Dare I demand thy hand | F |
| A maiden's head can never | B |
| So hard a point decide | D |
| Row on row on for ever | B |
| I'd have thee by my side | D |
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| The happy bridal over | B |
| The wanderer ceased to roam | G |
| For seated by her lover | B |
| The boat became her home | G |
| And they still sang together | B |
| As steering o'er the tide | D |
| Row on through wind and weather | B |
| For ever by my side | D |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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