The Missing Ship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGI JKJKLMLM| She left the port in gallant style | A |
| With sails and streamers full and free | B |
| I watched her course for many a mile | A |
| Far out upon the distant sea | B |
| At dusk she lessened to a speck | C |
| And then I could not trace her more | D |
| Sad hearts were beating on her deck | C |
| Sad hearts were beating on the shore | D |
| - | |
| Two of the outward bound I knew | E |
| One beautiful the other brave | F |
| The master worthy and the crew | E |
| Born to contend with wind and wave | F |
| For travel some and some for gain | G |
| And some for health had gone abroad | H |
| Our prayers were with them on the main | G |
| God speed the ship and all on board | I |
| - | |
| That vessel never reached the land | J |
| No tidings of her ever came | K |
| Those who beheld her leave the strand | J |
| For years in anguish heard her name | K |
| And even now in vain they try | L |
| To breathe it with a tranquil lip | M |
| Or hide the moisture of the eye | L |
| While speaking of that missing ship | M |
George Pope Morris
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