The Ocean Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CADA EFEF GHGH IJIK LMLM ENEN HOHO APAP EQEQ| They that go down to the sea in ships that do business in great waters these see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep | A |
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| Psalm cvii | B |
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| HE that in venturous barks hath been | C |
| A wanderer on the deep | A |
| Can tell of many an awful scene | D |
| Where storms for ever sweep | A |
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| For many a fair majestic sight | E |
| Hath met his wandering eye | F |
| Beneath the streaming northern light | E |
| Or blaze of Indian sky | F |
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| Go ask him of the whirlpool's roar | G |
| Whose echoing thunder peals | H |
| Loud as if rushed along the shore | G |
| An army's chariot wheels | H |
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| Of icebergs floating o'er the main | I |
| Or fixed upon the coast | J |
| Like glittering citadel or fane | I |
| 'Mid the bright realms of frost | K |
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| Of coral rocks from waves below | L |
| In steep ascent that tower | M |
| And fraught with peril daily grow | L |
| Formed by an insect's power | M |
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| Of sea fires which at dead of night | E |
| Shine o'er the tides afar | N |
| And make th' expanse of ocean bright | E |
| As heaven with many a star | N |
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| Oh God thy name they well may praise | H |
| Who to the deep go down | O |
| And trace the wonders of thy ways | H |
| Where rocks and billows frown | O |
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| If glorious be that awful deep | A |
| No human power can bind | P |
| What then art Thou who bidst it keep | A |
| Within its bounds confined | P |
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| Let heaven and earth in praise unite | E |
| Eternal praise to Thee | Q |
| Whose word can rouse the tempest's might | E |
| Or still the raging sea | Q |
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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