Wireless. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD ADEE FGFGHH FIFIJJ FFFFHH KLKLHH| Now to those who search the deep | A |
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| Gleam of Hope | B |
| and | C |
| Kindly Light | D |
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| Once before you turn to sleep | A |
| Breathe a message through the night | D |
| Never doubt that they'll receive it | E |
| Send it once and you'll believe it | E |
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| Wrecks that burn against the stars | F |
| Decks where death is wallowing green | G |
| Snare the breath among their spars | F |
| Hear the flickering threads between | G |
| Quick through all the storms that blind them | H |
| Quick with worlds that rush to find them | H |
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| Think you those aerial wires | F |
| Whisper more than spirits may | I |
| Think you that our strong desires | F |
| Touch no distance when we pray | I |
| Think you that no wings are flying | J |
| 'Twixt the living and the dying | J |
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| Inland here upon your knees | F |
| You shall breathe from urgent lips | F |
| Round the ships that guard your seas | F |
| Fleet on fleet of angel ships | F |
| Yea the guarded may so bless them | H |
| That no terrors can distress them | H |
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| You shall guide the darkling prow | K |
| Kneeling thus and far inland | L |
| You shall touch the storm beat brow | K |
| Gently as a spirit hand | L |
| Even a blindfold prayer may speed them | H |
| And a little child may lead them | H |
Alfred Noyes
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