Cap'n Storm-along Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDA BEBFFEGHF F IIFF AJAJKFKF BBFF L M LBENOELFLF IIFF| They are buffeting out in the bitter grey weather | A |
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| Blow the man down bullies blow the man down | B |
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| Sea lark | C |
| singing to | D |
| Golden Feather | A |
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| And burly blue waters all swelling aroun' | B |
| There's | E |
| Thunderstone | B |
| butting ahead as they wallow | F |
| With death in the mesh of their deep sea trawl | F |
| There's | E |
| Night hawk | G |
| swooping by wild | H |
| Sea swallow | F |
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| And old Cap'n Storm along leading 'em all | F |
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| Bashing the seas to a welter of white | I |
| Look at the fleet that he leads to the fight | I |
| O they're dancing like witches to open the ball | F |
| And old Cap'n Storm along's lord of 'em all | F |
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| Now where have you seen such a bully old sailor | A |
| His eyes are as blue as the scarf at his throat | J |
| And he rolls on the bridge of his broad beamed whaler | A |
| In yellow sou' wester and oilskin coat | J |
| In trawler and drifter in dinghy and dory | K |
| Wherever he signals they leap to his call | F |
| They batter the seas to a lather of glory | K |
| With old Cap'n Storm along leading 'em all | F |
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| You'll find he's from Devon the sailor I mean | B |
| Look at his whaler now shipping it green | B |
| O Fritz and his 'U' boat must crab it and crawl | F |
| When old Cap'n Storm along sails to the ball | F |
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| Ay there is the skipper that knows how to scare 'em | L |
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| Blow the man down bullies blow the man down mdash | M |
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| Look at the sea wives he keeps in his harem | L |
| Wicked young merry maids buxom and brown | B |
| There's | E |
| Rosalind | N |
| the sea witch and | O |
| Gipsy | E |
| so lissom | L |
| All dancing like ducks in the teeth of the squall | F |
| With a bright eye for Huns and a Hotchkiss to kiss 'em | L |
| For old Cap'n Storm along's lord of 'em all | F |
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| Look at him battering darkness to light | I |
| Look at the fleet that he leads to the fight | I |
| O hearts that are mighty in ships that are small | F |
| Your old Cap'n Storm along's king of us all | F |
Alfred Noyes
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