The Sailor Boy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH I IJ KLKL| He rose at dawn and fired with hope | A |
| Shot o'er the seething harbour bar | B |
| And reach'd the ship and caught the rope | A |
| And whistled to the morning star | B |
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| And while he whistled long and loud | C |
| He heard a fierce mermaiden cry | D |
| O boy tho' thou are young and proud | C |
| I see the place where thou wilt lie | D |
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| The sands and yeasty surges mix | E |
| In caves about the dreary bay | F |
| And on thy ribs the limpet sticks | E |
| And in thy heart the scrawl shall play | F |
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| Fool he answer'd death is sure | G |
| To those that stay and those that roam | H |
| But I will nevermore endure | G |
| To sit with empty hands at home | H |
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| My mother clings about my neck | I |
| My sisters crying Stay for shame ' | - |
| My father raves of death and wreck | I |
| They are all to blame they are all to blame | J |
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| God help me save I take my part | K |
| Of danger on the roaring sea | L |
| A devil rises in my heart | K |
| Far worse than any death to me | L |
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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