The Fisherman's Wife Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK HMAM ENON APQP ARSR TUVU WXYX ZA2LA2 B2C2XC2 VD2LD2The fisherman's wife stood on the beach | A |
One chilly April day | B |
And far out on the lake she look'd | C |
And o'er the waves away | B |
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The ice which late had spann'd for miles | D |
This rolling inland sea | E |
Had now releas'd its wintry grasp | F |
The long pent waves were free | E |
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And now resistlessly they roll'd | G |
And frightful was the sound | H |
As cakes of ice dash'd to and fro | I |
Against each other ground | H |
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A north west wind had lately lash'd | J |
The waves to fury wild | K |
But now they fast were sinking down | L |
Like tam'd and frighten'd child | K |
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The woman caught their soughing sound | H |
As tho' she heard a groan | M |
And heard them roll upon the beach | A |
With sad and solemn moan | M |
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For late with wild hilarious glee | E |
Their reckless course had run | N |
And now it seem'd as if they thought | O |
Of all the ill they'd done | N |
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The fisherman's wife stood on the beach | A |
And still her eyes did strain | P |
To catch of mast or sail a glimpse | Q |
Upon the inland main | P |
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The woman turn'd her from the beach | A |
Loose flow'd her streaming hair | R |
And louder than the white rob'd gull | S |
She shriek'd in wild despair | R |
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Three days ago her husband had | T |
For wife and children's sake | U |
Dar'd changeful gales and floating ice | V |
Upon the treach'rous lake | U |
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With two stout hearts he left the shore | W |
To reach the fishing grounds | X |
Undaunted by the freezing winds | Y |
Or ice floes crushing sounds | X |
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They reach'd the grounds but scarce had turn'd | Z |
Upon the homeward track | A2 |
When came the wild nor'wester down | L |
On their frail fishing smack | A2 |
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Yes wring your hands thou fisher's wife | B2 |
For thou hast cause to wail | C2 |
For him who left the fishing grounds | X |
In that wild north west gale | C2 |
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'Mid frozen snow and blocks of ice | V |
And fiercely rolling waves | D2 |
He and his little crew went down | L |
Uncoffin'd to their graves | D2 |
Thomas Frederick Young
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