The Torpedo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEF GHIJHKF LMDNMOF PQRSQTF U| Valiant sons of the sea | A |
| All the vast deep your home | B |
| Holds no terror so dread | C |
| As this novel and unseen foe | D |
| Lurking under the foam | B |
| Of some dangerous channel | E |
| As the torpedo the scourge of ships | F |
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| Through the rigging may roar | G |
| AEolus' thousand gales | H |
| Yet the mariner's heart | I |
| Shrinketh not from the howling blast | J |
| Though with battle rent sails | H |
| Flames and carnage around him | K |
| Cowardice never shall pale his lips | F |
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| But when powers concealed | L |
| Threatening with death the crew | M |
| Pave each eddy below | D |
| E'en the bravest are chilled with fear | N |
| Lest yon wizard in blue | M |
| Who their progress is spying | O |
| Touch but the key with his finger tips | F |
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| Lo with thunderous boom | P |
| Towers a column bright | Q |
| And the vessel is gone | R |
| In that ocean of blinding spray | S |
| Sink her turrets from sight | Q |
| By thy potency broken | T |
| O irresistible scourge of ships | F |
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| Harry Howard | U |
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