Cargoes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACB DEFFF GFHIF| Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir | A |
| Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine | B |
| With a cargo of ivory | A |
| And apes and peacocks | C |
| Sandalwood cedarwood and sweet white wine | B |
| - | |
| Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus | D |
| Dipping through the Tropics by the palm green shores | E |
| With a cargo of diamonds | F |
| Emeralds amythysts | F |
| Topazes and cinnamon and gold moidores | F |
| - | |
| Dirty British coaster with a salt caked smoke stack | G |
| Butting through the Channel in the mad March days | F |
| With a cargo of Tyne coal | H |
| Road rails pig lead | I |
| Firewood iron ware and cheap tin trays | F |
John Masefield
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