In The Foam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCB EBFB GBGB H| Life swelleth in a whitening wave | A |
| And dasheth thee and me apart | B |
| I sweep out seaward be thou brave | A |
| And reach the shore Sweetheart | B |
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| Beat back the backward thrusting sea | C |
| Thy weak white arm his blows may thwart | D |
| Christ buffet the wild surge for thee | C |
| Till thou'rt ashore Sweetheart | B |
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| Ah now thy face grows dim apace | E |
| And seems of yon white foam a part | B |
| Canst hear me through the water bass | F |
| Cry To the Shore Sweetheart | B |
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| Now Christ thee soothe upon the Shore | G |
| My lissome armed sea Britomart | B |
| I sweep out seaward never more | G |
| To find the Shore Sweetheart | B |
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| Prattville Alabama December | H |
Sidney Lanier
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