An Open Boat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DEFE CG G HAH| O what is that whimpering there in the darkness | A |
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| 'Let him lie in my arms He is breathing I know | B |
| Look I'll wrap all my hair round his neck' 'The sea's rising | C |
| The boat must be lightened He's dead He must go ' | - |
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| See quick by that flash where the bitter foam tosses | D |
| The cloud of white faces in the black open boat | E |
| And the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover | F |
| And wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat | E |
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| 'Come lady he's dead ' 'No I feel his heart beating | C |
| He's living I know But he's numbed with the cold | G |
| See I'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him ' | - |
| 'No We can't keep the dead dear Come loosen your hold | G |
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| 'Come Loosen your fingers ' ' O God let me keep him ' | - |
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| O hide it black night Let the winds have their way | H |
| And there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness | A |
| To fret the bare seas at the breaking of day | H |
Alfred Noyes
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