To The Ship Of State Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFG HIIH EJKE BLLB| O ship of state | A |
| Shall new winds bear you back upon the sea | B |
| What are you doing Seek the harbor's lee | B |
| Ere 't is too late | A |
| - | |
| Do you bemoan | C |
| Your side was stripped of oarage in the blast | D |
| Swift Africus has weakened too your mast | D |
| The sailyards groan | C |
| - | |
| Of cables bare | E |
| Your keel can scarce endure the lordly wave | F |
| Your sails are rent you have no gods to save | F |
| Or answer pray'r | G |
| - | |
| Though Pontic pine | H |
| The noble daughter of a far famed wood | I |
| You boast your lineage and title good | I |
| A useless line | H |
| - | |
| The sailor there | E |
| In painted sterns no reassurance finds | J |
| Unless you owe derision to the winds | K |
| Beware beware | E |
| - | |
| My grief erewhile | B |
| But now my care my longing shun the seas | L |
| That flow between the gleaming Cyclades | L |
| Each shining isle | B |
Eugene Field
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