What kind of rhyming pattern does Longfellow use in “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”? Does the poem ever stray from this pattern?

Answer 1

In "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the poem follows an ABABCDCD rhyme scheme. The pattern remains consistent throughout most of the poem. However, in the final stanza, the rhyme pattern changes to ABCCB, departing from the established pattern. So, while the poem mostly adheres to the ABABCDCD rhyme scheme, it deviates in the last stanza.