Lost Son Found Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH FFEE IIFF JJKK| An English ship when homeward bound | A |
| Near to its port was shipwrecked found | A |
| For it had struck a sunken rock | B |
| And was slowly sinking from the shock | B |
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| In port they quick did man life boat | C |
| Which o'er tempestuous sea did float | C |
| They rescued all the crew save one | D |
| And were content with what they done | D |
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| But they had not their captain Harry | E |
| Who on the shore was forced to tarry | E |
| And knew not of the disaster | F |
| So crew had worked without a master | F |
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| But when he heard of the shipwreck | G |
| And that a man was left on deck | G |
| He quickly hurried the boat's crew | H |
| For to again attempt his rescue | H |
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| But earnestly his old mother | F |
| Reminded him of his lost brother | F |
| Perhaps drowned in foreign sea | E |
| She cried son stay and comfort me | E |
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| But wreck they reach and rescue man | I |
| And thrill of joy o'er city ran | I |
| When it was found 'twas Harry's brother | F |
| Had returned to comfort mother | F |
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| Thus providence rewards the brave | J |
| Who strive their fellow men to save | J |
| The mother's griefs it did assuage | K |
| And happy now is her old age | K |
James Mcintyre
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