A Ship Sails Up To Bideford Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EAFA FGHG AIJI ABHBDB| A ship sails up to Bideford | A |
| Upon a western breeze | B |
| Mast by mast sail over sail | C |
| She rises from the seas | B |
| And sights the hills of Devon | D |
| And the misty English trees | B |
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| She comes from Eastern islands | E |
| The sun is in her hold | A |
| She bears the fruit of Jaffa | F |
| Dates oranges and gold | A |
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| She brings the silk of China | F |
| And bales of Persian dyes | G |
| And birds with sparkling feathers | H |
| And snakes with diamond eyes | G |
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| She s gliding in the starlight | A |
| As white as any gull | I |
| The east is gliding with her | J |
| In the shadows of her hull | I |
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| A ship sails up to Bideford | A |
| Upon a western breeze | B |
| With fruits of Eastern summers | H |
| She rises from the seas | B |
| And sights the hills of Devon | D |
| And the misty English trees | B |
Herbert Asquith
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