In The Pit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFAFGHIHJKL IMN| 'Chant of the Firemen' | A |
| - | |
| 'THIS is the steamer's pit | B |
| The ovens like dragons of fire | C |
| Glare thro' their close lidded eyes | D |
| With restless hungry desire | C |
| 'Down from the tropic night | E |
| Rushes the funnelled air | F |
| Our heads expand and fall in | A |
| Our hearts thump huge as despair | F |
| ''Tis we make the bright hot blood | G |
| Of this throbbing inanimate thing | H |
| And our life is no less the fuel | I |
| Than the coal we shovel and fling | H |
| 'And lest of this we be proud | J |
| Or anything but meek | K |
| We are well cursed and paid | L |
| Ten shillings a week ' | - |
| Round round round in its tunnel | I |
| The shaft turns pitiless strong | M |
| While lost souls cry out in the darkness | N |
| 'How long O Lord how long ' | - |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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