The Arctic Voyager Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQFJR STUVWXYZA2B2C2D2E2F2 G2H2I2J2K2OL2M2N2O2P 2| Shall I desist twice baffled Once by land | A |
| And once by sea I fought and strove with storms | B |
| All shades of danger tides and weary calms | C |
| Head currents cold and famine savage beasts | D |
| And men more savage all the while my face | E |
| Looked northward toward the pole if mortal strength | F |
| Could have sustained me I had never turned | G |
| Till I had seen the star which never sets | H |
| Freeze in the Arctic zenith That I failed | I |
| To solve the mysteries of the ice bound world | J |
| Was not because I faltered in the quest | K |
| Witness those pathless forests which conceal | L |
| The bones of perished comrades that long march | M |
| Blood tracked o'er flint and snow and one dread night | N |
| By Athabasca when a cherished life | O |
| Flowed to give life to others This and worse | P |
| I suffered let it pass it has not tamed | Q |
| My spirit nor the faith which was my strength | F |
| Despite of waning years despite the world | J |
| Which doubts the few who dare I purpose now | R |
| A purpose long and thoughtfully resolved | S |
| Through all its grounds of reasonable hope | T |
| To seek beyond the ice which guards the Pole | U |
| A sea of open water for I hold | V |
| Not without proofs that such a sea exists | W |
| And may be reached though since this earth was made | X |
| No keel hath ploughed it and to mortal ear | Y |
| No wind hath told its secrets With this tide | Z |
| I sail if all be well this very moon | A2 |
| Shall see my ship beyond the southern cape | B2 |
| Of Greenland and far up the bay through which | C2 |
| With diamond spire and gorgeous pinnacle | D2 |
| The fleets of winter pass to warmer seas | E2 |
| Whether my hardy shipmates we shall reach | F2 |
| Our bourne and come with tales of wonder back | G2 |
| Or whether we shall lose the precious time | H2 |
| Locked in thick ice or whether some strange fate | I2 |
| Shall end us all I know not but I know | J2 |
| A lofty hope if earnestly pursued | K2 |
| Is its own crown and never in this life | O |
| Is labor wholly fruitless In this faith | L2 |
| I shall not count the chances sure that all | M2 |
| A prudent foresight asks we shall not want | N2 |
| And all that bold and patient hearts can do | O2 |
| Ye will not leave undone The rest is God's | P2 |
Henry Timrod
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