My Ships Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBAA AACCAA AADDAA AABBAA AAEEAA| If all the ships I have at sea | A |
| Should come a sailing home to me | A |
| From sunny lands and lands of cold | B |
| Ah well the harbor could not hold | B |
| So many sails as there would be | A |
| If all my ships came in from sea | A |
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| If half my ships came home from sea | A |
| And brought their precious freight to me | A |
| Ah well I should have wealth as great | C |
| As any king who sits in state | C |
| So rich the treasures that would be | A |
| In half my ships now at sea | A |
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| If just one ship I have at sea | A |
| Should come a sailing home to me | A |
| Ah well the storm clouds then might frown | D |
| For if the others all went down | D |
| Still rich and proud and glad I d be | A |
| If that one ship came back to me | A |
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| If that one ship were down at sea | A |
| And all the others came to me | A |
| Weighed down with gems and wealth untold | B |
| With glory honor riches gold | B |
| The poorest soul on earth I d be | A |
| If that one ship came not to me | A |
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| O skies be calm O winds blow free | A |
| Blow all my ships safe home to me | A |
| But if thou sendest some awrack | E |
| To never more come sailing back | E |
| Send any all that skim the sea | A |
| But bring my love ship home to me | A |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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