Two Mothers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCB DEFEGE HIJIKI LMLMEM NON PO QRQRQR ISISBS THTHUH| One night two lonely women met | A |
| Beside a storm swept bay | B |
| With tears their mournful eyes were wet | A |
| Their pale lips salt with spray | B |
| They passed then turned as though each yearned | C |
| Some friendly word to say | B |
| - | |
| Poor soul cried one hast thou no fear | D |
| To walk this haunted strand | E |
| What hopeless sorrow brings thee here | F |
| Where dead men drift to land | E |
| I too have grief beyond relief | G |
| Speak I can understand | E |
| - | |
| I mourn a son the other said | H |
| That ocean is his grave | I |
| My heart will not be comforted | J |
| It breaks with every wave | I |
| Would I might sleep in yonder deep | K |
| With him I could not save | I |
| - | |
| The wind was raging as to night | L |
| Straight on these rocks it blew | M |
| I watched until the dawning light | L |
| Disclosed the wreck to view | M |
| From where we stand I saw his hand | E |
| Wave me a last adieu | M |
| - | |
| He deemed the boat too frail to bear | N |
| Another living freight | O |
| 'Push off' he said with tranquil air | N |
| 'Go first and I will wait ' | - |
| But all the while despite his smile | P |
| He knew 'twould be too late | O |
| - | |
| That heartless crew shall nevermore | Q |
| God's absolution find | R |
| They watched like cravens from the shore | Q |
| The man they left behind | R |
| Go down before the breakers' roar | Q |
| The surges and the wind | R |
| - | |
| Hence when such maddened tempests rave | I |
| I cannot rest at home | S |
| For then the billows deck his grave | I |
| With flowers of snow white foam | S |
| And here I pray till break of day | B |
| Beneath night's starless dome | S |
| - | |
| A silence fell then faint and low | T |
| The other weeping said | H |
| My heavier woe thou needst not know | T |
| Within his ocean bed | H |
| On thy son's name there rests no shame | U |
| Would God that mine were dead | H |
John L. Stoddard
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