Sea-gifts Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BC CB AA DE FG GF HH AA| Give thou a gift to me | A |
| From thy treasure house O sea | A |
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| Said a red lipped laughing girl | B |
| While the summer yet was young | C |
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| And the sea laughed back and flung | C |
| At her feet a priceless pearl | B |
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| Give thou a gift to me | A |
| From thy treasure house O sea | A |
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| Said the maiden once again | D |
| On a night of wind and rain | E |
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| Like a ghost the moon above her | F |
| Stared through winding sheets of cloud | G |
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| On the sand in sea weed shroud | G |
| Lay the pale corpse of her lover | F |
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| Which is better gain or loss | H |
| Which is nobler crown or cross | H |
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| We shall know these things maybe | A |
| When the dead rise from the sea | A |
Victor James Daley
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