The Wreck Of The `derry Castle' Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABAAAB CCDCCCD EEFGHGF CICI EFEF CDCD| Day of ending for beginnings | A |
| Ocean hath another innings | A |
| Ocean hath another score | B |
| And the surges sing his winnings | A |
| And the surges shout his winnings | A |
| And the surges shriek his winnings | A |
| All along the sullen shore | B |
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| Sing another dirge in wailing | C |
| For another vessel sailing | C |
| With the shadow ships at sea | D |
| Shadow ships for ever sinking | C |
| Shadow ships whose pumps are clinking | C |
| And whose thirsty holds are drinking | C |
| Pledges to Eternity | D |
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| Pray for souls of ghastly sodden | E |
| Corpses floating round untrodden | E |
| Cliffs where nought but sea drift strays | F |
| Souls of dead men in whose faces | G |
| Of humanity no trace is | H |
| Not a mark to show their races | G |
| Floating round for days and days | F |
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| Ocean's salty tongues are licking | C |
| Round the faces of the drowned | I |
| And a cruel blade seems sticking | C |
| Through my heart and turning round | I |
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| Heaven shall HIS ghastly sodden | E |
| Corpse float round for days and days | F |
| Shall it dash 'neath cliffs untrodden | E |
| Rocks where nought but sea drift strays | F |
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| God in heaven hide the floating | C |
| Falling rising face from me | D |
| God in heaven stay the gloating | C |
| Mocking singing of the sea | D |
Henry Lawson
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