The Ship That Never Returned Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CC CC CC BB CC DC CC EE CC CC CC| On a summer's day while the waves were rippling with a quiet and a gentle breeze | A |
| A ship set sail with a cargo laden for a port beyond the sea | B |
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| Did she ever return No she never returned and her fate is still unlearned | C |
| But a last poor man set sail commander on a ship that never returned | C |
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| There were sad farewells there were friends forsaken and her fate is still unlearned | C |
| But a last poor man set sail commander on a ship that never returned | C |
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| Did she ever return No she never returned and her fate is still unlearned | C |
| But a last poor man set sail commander on a ship that never returned | C |
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| Said a feeble lad to his aged mother I must cross that deep blue sea | B |
| For I hear of a land in the far off country where there's health and strength for me | B |
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| Did she ever return No she never returned and her fate is still unlearned | C |
| But a last poor man set sail commander on a ship that never returned | C |
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| 'Tis a gleam of hope and a maze of danger and our fate is still to learn | D |
| And a last poor man set sail commander on a ship that never returned | C |
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| Did she ever return No she never returned and her fate is still unlearned | C |
| But a last poor man set sail commander on a ship that never returned | C |
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| Said this feeble lad to his aged mother as he kissed his weeping wife | E |
| Just one more purse of that golden treasure it will last us all through life | E |
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| Did she ever return No she never returned and her fate is still unlearned | C |
| But a last poor man set sail commander on a ship that never returned | C |
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| Then we'll live in peace and joy together and enjoy all I have earned | C |
| So they sent him forth with a smile and blessing on a ship that never returned | C |
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| Did she ever return No she never returned and her fate is still unlearned | C |
| But a last poor man set sail commander on a ship that never returned | C |
Henry Clay Work
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