The People's Fleet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEDA B FGFG HIDJ KHLDMDJ NOK PP| OUT of her darkened fishing ports they go | A |
| A fleet of little ships whose every name | B |
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| Daffodil Sea lark Rose | C |
| and | D |
| Surf | E |
| and | D |
| Snow | A |
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| Bums in this blackness like an altar flame | B |
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| Out of her past they sail three thousand strong | F |
| The people's fleet that never knew its worth | G |
| And every name is a broken phrase of song | F |
| To some remembered loveliness on earth | G |
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| There's | H |
| Barbara Cowie Comely Bank | I |
| and | D |
| May | J |
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| Christened at home in worlds of dawn and dew | K |
| There's | H |
| Ruth | L |
| and | D |
| Kindly Light | M |
| and | D |
| Robin Gray | J |
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| With | N |
| Mispah | O |
| May that simple prayer come true | K |
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| Out of old England's inmost heart they sail | P |
| A fleet of memories that can never fail | P |
Alfred Noyes
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