Maiden Knickerbocker And The Gallant Captain Pickwick Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCC A DDCCBB A CCEE A FFCCBB A CCGG A GGCCBB A BBHH A BBGGBB| MAIDEN | A |
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| O my gallant Captain whither and away | B |
| Know'st thou Jersey Pirates smuggle in the bay | B |
| Won't you take me with you for a little fly | C |
| If the Pirates catch you I'll shoot 'em with my eye | C |
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| CAPTAIN | A |
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| Come Manhattan Maiden share the sailor's pains | D |
| If the Pirates catch me save me from their chains | D |
| Meantime mark the sailor mount the topmast high | C |
| Till his trim tarpaulin almost scrapes the sky | C |
| Luffing to the starboard tacking o'er the bay | B |
| Thus Manhattan Captains sail their lives away | B |
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| MAIDEN | A |
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| Who's the girl out yonder reaching up so high | C |
| With her jack o' lantern darkening up the sky | C |
| Do you think she's pretty Do you think it pays | E |
| Standing up so bare like with no polonaise | E |
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| CAPTAIN | A |
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| Now Manhattan Maiden 'tis the Law Marine | F |
| No form but that of Captain must on this Bay be seen | F |
| So look at me my maiden mark my windward eye | C |
| Neptune his sweet Venus loves no more than I | C |
| Luffing to the starboard tacking o'er the bay | B |
| Thus the loving Captain sails his life away | B |
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| MAIDEN | A |
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| What are those far Highlands blue as Beauty's eye | C |
| Looking like the islands of an upper sky | C |
| Take me to their summits that I may explore | G |
| All the caves and creatures I never saw before | G |
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| CAPTAIN | A |
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| 'Tis a mystic saying He who seeks that shore | G |
| Fades and then his fate is never heard of more | G |
| Such a distant prospect seek not now to spy | C |
| Let one loving sailor fill your starry eye | C |
| Luffing to the starboard tacking o'er the Bay | B |
| Thus the gallant Captain sails his life away | B |
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| MAIDEN | A |
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| Where is the Atlantic I've heard grandfather say | B |
| He sailed on its huge surge from Holland far away | B |
| O take me to the Ocean where the steamer sails | H |
| A wonder to the lubbers and terror to the whales | H |
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| CAPTAIN | A |
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| Lubbers' yarns My Maiden trust you what I say | B |
| There never was an Ocean nothing but this Bay | B |
| And if you'll be my bride the whole world we'll explore | G |
| In sight of New York Harbor and Staten Island shore | G |
| Luffing to the starboard tacking o'er the Bay | B |
| Thus the married Captain sails his life away | B |
A. H. Laidlaw
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