The Two Ships Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE DGH CIJI AKLMJNF JMOKAJF OPFPQRJR CSD DOQO TUDUNOVO FED WFOF DXDXYODO QFZFA2B2DB2 ABQBDDJC2| On the sea of life they floated | A |
| Brothers twain in manhood's pride | B |
| And the good ship 'Temperance' bore them | C |
| Safely o'er the stormy tide | B |
| Not a thought of rock or breaker | D |
| Not a fear of wreck had they | E |
| For their ship was strong and steady | F |
| Faithful trusty night and day | E |
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| So they floated on together | D |
| Full of youth's elastic joy | G |
| Floated till the air was startled | H |
| With the cry of 'Boat ahoy ' | - |
| And they saw a craft beside them | C |
| Dainty jaunty frail and fair | I |
| And its banner showed a wine glass | J |
| Painted as its symbol there | I |
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| And again the stranger shouted | A |
| 'Boat ahoy a friend is near | K |
| Captain of yon gallant vessel | L |
| Do you see and do you hear | M |
| We're the 'Social Glass ' my hearties | J |
| And a jolly jovial crew | N |
| We are bound for Pleasure Valley | F |
| And we would be friends with you ' | - |
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| But the brothers stood in silence | J |
| Though they could not help but hear | M |
| And the elder's heart was throbbing | O |
| With a vague and chilling fear | K |
| And again the stranger pleaded | A |
| 'Come aboard the 'Social Glass' | J |
| We will entertain you warmly | F |
| And the time will quickly pass ' | - |
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| Still the elder stood unheeding | O |
| Still he did not move or turn | P |
| And his mien was cold and haughty | F |
| And his face was dark and stern | P |
| But the younger whispered to him | Q |
| 'Surely we are churls to stand | R |
| In this sullen boorish silence | J |
| Let us offer friendship's hand | R |
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| 'See they beckon us to join them | C |
| Beckon us with word and smile | S |
| I will not refuse them longer | D |
| I will join them for a while ' | - |
| Then the 'Social Glass' rowed nearer | D |
| And he joined the jovial throng | O |
| And they gathered round about him | Q |
| Greeting him with laugh and song | O |
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| Then the elder cried in anguish | T |
| Loud and wild his accents fell | U |
| 'Know you not O brother brother | D |
| Yonder ship is bound for hell | U |
| See the clouds that hover o'er you | N |
| And the day is growing dark | O |
| There is ruin and destruction | V |
| For each soul upon that bark | O |
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| 'Oh come back Why did you leave me | F |
| It is certain death to stay | E |
| Do not loiter do not linger | D |
| Brother brother come away ' | - |
| But the wild winds only answered | W |
| To his agonizing plea | F |
| And the 'Social Glass' went bounding | O |
| Lightly o'er the troubled sea | F |
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| He could hear their shouts of laughter | D |
| He could see their goblets shine | X |
| He could see his darling brother | D |
| With his lips all red with wine | X |
| Ah a seething boiling maelstrom | Y |
| Lay within their very track | O |
| And he warned them of their danger | D |
| And he strove to turn them back | O |
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| But they did not would not heed him | Q |
| On they went in wildest glee | F |
| Nearer nearer to the whirlpool | Z |
| Nearer to the boiling sea | F |
| Till the 'Social Glass' was buried | A2 |
| In the seething rushing wave | B2 |
| And each mad and wreckless voyager | D |
| Found a dark and awful grave | B2 |
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| And the lonely brother floated | A |
| Calmly o'er the stormy tide | B |
| For the good ship 'Temperance' bore him | Q |
| Safely o'er the waters wide | B |
| And he never left her shelter | D |
| Till the voyage of life was o'er | D |
| And he anchored where the angels | J |
| Waited for him on the shore | C2 |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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