The Word Of An Engineer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH CCGJKG LLMNNM OOHPQHShe's built of steel | A |
From deck to keel | A |
And bolted strong and tight | B |
In scorn she'll sail | C |
The fiercest gale | C |
And pierce the darkest night | B |
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The builder's art | D |
Has proved each part | D |
Throughout her breadth and length | E |
Deep in the hulk | F |
Of her mighty bulk | F |
Ten thousand Titans' strength | E |
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The tempest howls | G |
The Ice Wolf prowls | G |
The winds they shift and veer | H |
But calm I sleep | I |
And faith I keep | I |
In the word of an engineer | H |
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Along the trail | C |
Of the slender rail | C |
The train like a nightmare flies | G |
And dashes on | J |
Through the black mouthed yawn | K |
Where the cavernous tunnel lies | G |
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Over the ridge | L |
Across the bridge | L |
Swung twixt the sky and hell | M |
On an iron thread | N |
Spun from the head | N |
Of the man in a draughtsman's cell | M |
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And so we ride | O |
Over land and tide | O |
Without a thought of fear | H |
Man never had | P |
The faith in God | Q |
That he has in an engineer | H |
James Weldon Johnson
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