The Main-truck; Or, A Leap For Life A Nautical Ballad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDCEFE GHGHIJIJ AEAEEKEK ECECLELE EEEEMAMA| Founded upon a well known tale from the pen of the late William Leggett Esq | A |
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| Old Ironsides at anchor lay | B |
| In the harbor of Mahon | C |
| A dead calm rested on the bay | B |
| The waves to sleep had gone | D |
| When little Jack the captain's son | C |
| With gallant hardihood | E |
| Climbed shroud and spar and then upon | F |
| The main truck rose and stood | E |
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| A shudder ran through every vein | G |
| All eyes were turned on high | H |
| There stood the boy with dizzy brain | G |
| Between the sea and sky | H |
| No hold had he above below | I |
| Alone he stood in air | J |
| At that far height none dared to go | I |
| No aid could reach him there | J |
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| We gazed but not a man could speak | A |
| With horror all aghast | E |
| In groups with pallid brow and cheek | A |
| We watched the quivering mast | E |
| The atmosphere grew thick and hot | E |
| And of a lurid hue | K |
| As riveted unto the spot | E |
| Stood officers and crew | K |
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| The father came on deck He gasped | E |
| O God Thy will be done | C |
| Then suddenly a rifle grasped | E |
| And aimed it at his son | C |
| Jump far out boy into the wave | L |
| Jump or I fire he said | E |
| That only chance your life can save | L |
| Jump jump boy He obeyed | E |
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| He sank he rose he lived he moved | E |
| He for the ship struck out | E |
| On board we hailed the lad beloved | E |
| With many a manly shout | E |
| His father drew in silent joy | M |
| Those wet arms round his neck | A |
| Then folded to his heart the boy | M |
| And fainted on the deck | A |
George Pope Morris
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