The Last Contention Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC A DDDD A EFGF DHDH DIDI J J KLKL MNMN D O O D PDPD DQDQ| I | A |
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| Young captain of a crazy bark | B |
| O tameless heart in battered frame | C |
| Thy sailing orders have a mark | B |
| And hers is not the name | C |
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| II | A |
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| For action all thine iron clanks | D |
| In cravings for a splendid prize | D |
| Again to race or bump thy planks | D |
| With any flag that flies | D |
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| III | A |
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| Consult them they are eloquent | E |
| For senses not inebriate | F |
| They trust thee on the star intent | G |
| That leads to land their freight | F |
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| IV | - |
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| And they have known thee high peruse | D |
| The heavens and deep the earth till thou | H |
| Didst into the flushed circle cruise | D |
| Where reason quits the brow | H |
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| V | - |
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| Thou animatest ancient tales | D |
| To prove our world of linear seed | I |
| Thy very virtue now assails | D |
| A tempter to mislead | I |
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| VI | - |
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| But thou hast answer I am I | - |
| My passion hallows bids command | J |
| And she is gracious she is nigh | - |
| One motion of the hand | J |
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| VII | - |
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| It will suffice a whirly tune | K |
| These winds will pipe and thou perform | L |
| The nodded part of pantaloon | K |
| In thy created storm | L |
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| VIII | - |
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| Admires thee Nature with much pride | M |
| She clasps thee for a gift of morn | N |
| Till thou art set against the tide | M |
| And then beware her scorn | N |
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| IX | D |
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| Sad issue should that strife befall | O |
| Between thy mortal ship and thee | - |
| It writes the melancholy scrawl | O |
| Of wreckage over sea | - |
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| X | D |
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| This lady of the luting tongue | P |
| The flash in darkness billow's grace | D |
| For thee the worship for the young | P |
| In muscle the embrace | D |
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| XI | - |
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| Soar on thy manhood clear from those | D |
| Whose toothless Winter claws at May | Q |
| And take her as the vein of rose | D |
| Athwart an evening grey | Q |
George Meredith
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