The Rapid. St. Lawrence. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDEDE AAFGGFDEEE AAHAAH EEEE| All peacefully gliding | A |
| The waters dividing | A |
| The indolent b tteau moved slowly along | B |
| The rowers light hearted | C |
| From sorrow long parted | C |
| Beguiled the dull moments with laughter and song | B |
| Hurrah for the Rapid that merrily merrily | D |
| Gambols and leaps on its tortuous way | E |
| Soon we will enter it cheerily cheerily | D |
| Pleased with its freshness and wet with its spray | E |
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| More swiftly careering | A |
| The wild Rapid nearing | A |
| They dash down the stream like a terrified steed | F |
| The surges delight them | G |
| No terrors affright them | G |
| Their voices keep pace with their quickening speed | F |
| Hurrah for the Rapid that merrily merrily | D |
| Shivers its arrows against us in play | E |
| Now we have entered it cheerily cheerily | E |
| Our spirits as light as its feathery spray | E |
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| Fast downward they're dashing | A |
| Each fearless eye flashing | A |
| Though danger awaits them on every side | H |
| Yon rock see it frowning | A |
| They strike they are drowning | A |
| But downward they speed with the merciless tide | H |
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| No voice cheers the Rapid that angrily angrily | E |
| Shivers their bark in its maddening play | E |
| Gaily they entered it heedlessly recklessly | E |
| Mingling their lives with its treacherous spray | E |
Charles Sangster
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