The Departure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFGGFHIJIKK A LMMLNEENDODOCO| I | A |
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| I sat beside the glassy evening sea | B |
| One foot upon the thin horn of my lyre | C |
| And all its strings of laughter and desire | D |
| Crushed in the rank wet grasses heedlessly | E |
| Nor did my dull eyes care to question how | F |
| The boat close by had spread its saffron sails | G |
| Nor what might mean the coffers and the bales | G |
| And streaks of new wine on the gilded prow | F |
| Neither was wonder in me when I saw | H |
| Fair women step therein though they were fair | I |
| Even to adoration and to awe | J |
| And in the gracious fillets of their hair | I |
| Were blossoms from a garden I had known | K |
| Sweet mornings ere the apple buds were blown | K |
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| II | A |
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| One gazed steadfast into the dying west | L |
| With lips apart to greet the evening star | M |
| And one with eyes that caught the strife and jar | M |
| Of the sea's heart followed the sunward breast | L |
| Of a lone gull from a slow harp one drew | N |
| Blind music like a laugh or like a wail | E |
| And in the uncertain shadow of the sail | E |
| One wove a crown of berries and of yew | N |
| Yet even as I said with dull desire | D |
| All these were mine and one was mine indeed | O |
| The smoky music burst into a fire | D |
| And I was left alone in my great need | O |
| One foot upon the thin horn of my lyre | C |
| And all its strings crushed in the dripping weed | O |
William Vaughn Moody
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