The Two Ships Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCBCB DBDBEBEB| As I stand by the cross on the lone mountain's crest | A |
| Looking over the ultimate sea | B |
| In the gloom of the mountain a ship lies at rest | A |
| And one sails away from the lea | B |
| One spreads its white wings on a far reaching track | C |
| With pennant and sheet flowing free | B |
| One hides in the shadow with sails laid aback | C |
| The ship that is waiting for me | B |
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| But lo in the distance the clouds break away | D |
| The Gate's glowing portals I see | B |
| And I hear from the outgoing ship in the bay | D |
| The song of the sailors in glee | B |
| So I think of the luminous footprints that bore | E |
| The comfort o'er dark Galilee | B |
| And wait for the signal to go to the shore | E |
| To the ship that is waiting for me | B |
Bret Harte
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