The Triumph Of The Whale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEEFFGGHIJJKKBBLL MMNNAAOOFFPQRRFFSTJJ UU EEFFFFFFFF I| Written in the last reign | A |
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| Io P an Io sing | B |
| To the finny people's King | B |
| Not a mightier whale than this | C |
| In the vast Atlantic is | D |
| Not a fatter fish than he | E |
| Flounders round the polar sea | E |
| See his blubbers at his gills | F |
| What a world of drink he swills | F |
| From his trunk as from a spout | G |
| Which next moment he pours out | G |
| Such his person next declare | H |
| Muse who his companions are | I |
| Every fish of generous kind | J |
| Scuds aside or slinks behind | J |
| But about his presence keep | K |
| All the Monsters of the Deep | K |
| Mermaids with their tails and singing | B |
| His delighted fancy stinging | B |
| Crooked Dolphins they surround him | L |
| Dog like Seals they fawn around him | L |
| Following hard the progress mark | M |
| Of the intolerant salt sea shark | M |
| For his solace and relief | N |
| Flat fish are his courtiers chief | N |
| Last and lowest in his train | A |
| Ink fish libellers of the main | A |
| Their black liquor shed in spite | O |
| Such on earth the things that write | O |
| In his stomach some do say | F |
| No good thing can ever stay | F |
| Had it been the fortune of it | P |
| To have swallowed that old Prophet | Q |
| Three days there he'd not have dwell'd | R |
| But in one have been expell'd | R |
| Hapless mariners are they | F |
| Who beguil'd as seamen say | F |
| Deeming him some rock or island | S |
| Footing sure safe spot and dry land | T |
| Anchor in his scaly rind | J |
| Soon the difference they find | J |
| Sudden plumb he sinks beneath them | U |
| Does to ruthless seas bequeath them | U |
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| Name or title what has he | E |
| Is he Regent of the Sea | E |
| From this difficulty free us | F |
| Buffon Banks or sage Linn us | F |
| With his wondrous attributes | F |
| Say what appellation suits | F |
| By his bulk and by his size | F |
| By his oily qualities | F |
| This or else my eyesight fails | F |
| This should be the Prince of Whales | F |
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| R et R | I |
Charles Lamb
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