The Buccaneers. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHEHE IJIKLELE MNMNOEOE PQPQDEDE| Oh not for us the easy mirth | A |
| Of men that never roam | B |
| The crackling of the narrow hearth | C |
| The cabined joys of home | B |
| Keep your tame regulated glee | D |
| O pale protected State | E |
| Our dwelling place is on the sea | D |
| Our joy the joy of Fate | E |
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| No long caresses give us ease | F |
| No lazy languors warm | G |
| We seize our mates as the sea gulls seize | F |
| And leave them to the storm | G |
| But in the bridal halls of gloom | H |
| The couch is stern and strait | E |
| For us the marriage rite of Doom | H |
| The nuptial joy of Fate | E |
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| Wine for the weaklings of the town | I |
| Their lucky toasts to drain | J |
| Our skoal for them whose star goes down | I |
| Our drink the drink of men | K |
| No Bacchic ivy for our brows | L |
| Like vikings we await | E |
| The grim ungarlanded carouse | L |
| We keep to night with Fate | E |
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| Ho gamesters of the pampered court | M |
| What stakes are those at strife | N |
| Your thousands are but paltry sport | M |
| To them that play for life | N |
| You risk doubloons and hold your breath | O |
| Win groats and wax elate | E |
| But we throw loaded dice with Death | O |
| And call the turn on Fate | E |
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| The kings of earth are crowned with care | P |
| Their poets wail and sigh | Q |
| Our music is to do and dare | P |
| Our empire is to die | Q |
| Against the storm we fling our glee | D |
| And shout till Time abate | E |
| The exultation of the sea | D |
| The fearful joy of Fate | E |
Bliss Carman (william)
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