The Sunset Gun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFE GHGH FIF JKJK ABAB| Off Santa Cruz the western wave | A |
| Was crimson as with blood | B |
| The sun was sinking to his grave | A |
| Beneath that angry flood | B |
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| Sir Walter Turnbull brave and stout | C |
| Then shouted 'Ho lads run | D |
| The powder and the ball bring out | C |
| To fire the sunset gun | D |
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| 'That punctual orb did ne'er omit | E |
| To keep by land or sea | F |
| Its every engagement it | E |
| Shall never wait for me ' | - |
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| Behold the black mouthed cannon stand | G |
| Ready with charge and prime | H |
| The lanyard in the gunner's hand | G |
| Sir Walter waits the time | H |
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| The glowing orb sinks in the sea | F |
| And clouds of steam aspire | I |
| Then fade and the horizon's free | F |
| Sir Walter thunders 'Fire ' | - |
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| The gunner pulls the lanyard parts | J |
| And not a sound ensues | K |
| The beating of ten thousand hearts | J |
| Was heard at Santa Cruz | K |
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| Off Santa Cruz the western wave | A |
| Was crimson as with blood | B |
| The sun with visage stern and grave | A |
| Came back from out the flood | B |
Ambrose Bierce
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