The Lee Shore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF CGCG EHEH FIFI| Sleet and hail and thunder | A |
| And ye winds that rave | B |
| Till the sands there under | A |
| Tinge the sullen wave | B |
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| Winds that like a demon | C |
| Howl with horrid note | D |
| Round the toiling seaman | C |
| In his tossing boat | D |
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| From his humble dwelling | E |
| On the shingly shore | F |
| Where the billows swelling | E |
| Keep such hollow roar | F |
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| From that weeping woman | C |
| Seeking with her cries | G |
| Succor superhuman | C |
| From the frowning skies | G |
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| From the urchin pining | E |
| For his father's knee | H |
| From the lattice shining | E |
| Drive him out to sea | H |
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| Let broad leagues dissever | F |
| Him from yonder foam | I |
| O God to think man ever | F |
| Comes too near his home | I |
Thomas Hood
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