Cargoes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACB DEFFF GFHIFQuinquireme 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 |
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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 |
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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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