By The Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABA CDC EFE GHG IJI KLM NON PQP| Beside an ebbing northern sea | A |
| While stars awaken one by one | B |
| We walk together I and he | A |
| - | |
| He woos me with an easy grace | C |
| That proves him only half sincere | D |
| A light smile flickers on his face | C |
| - | |
| To him love making is an art | E |
| And as a flutist plays a flute | F |
| So does he play upon his heart | E |
| - | |
| A music varied to his whim | G |
| He has no use for love of mine | H |
| He would not have me answer him | G |
| - | |
| To hide my eyes within the night | I |
| I watch the changeful lighthouse gleam | J |
| Alternately with red and white | I |
| - | |
| My laughter smites upon my ears | K |
| So one who cries and wakes from sleep | L |
| Knows not it is himself he hears | M |
| - | |
| What if my voice should let him know | N |
| The mocking words were all a sham | O |
| And lips that laugh could tremble so | N |
| - | |
| What if I lost the power to lie | P |
| And he should only hear his name | Q |
| In one low broken cry | P |
Sara Teasdale
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about By The Sea poem by Sara Teasdale
Best Poems of Sara Teasdale