The Christian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHIJ KLMNOPB| I heard a story of a sailing man | A |
| He was a surly sort of mariner | B |
| He used to swear at all the seven seas | C |
| And rode them dauntless up and down the earth | D |
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| But when he sickened of the windy wash | E |
| He took to wife a proper village woman | F |
| And put her in a precious little house | G |
| And there he weathered many winter seasons | H |
| Knocking the ashes neatly from his pipe | I |
| Upon the tended hearth | J |
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| And only when he went upon the moors | K |
| And felt the sting and censure of the winds | L |
| And tasted of the salt blown in from sea | M |
| Then only would he curse the marriage morning | N |
| And swear he'd not go skulking back again | O |
| To sit that hearth like any broken bitch | P |
| Whose running time was over | B |
John Crowe Ransom
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