Hell's Pavement Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCBD EFEFGGGFH| When I'm discharged at Liverpool 'n' draws my bit o' pay | A |
| I won't come to sea no more | B |
| I'll court a pretty little lass 'n' have a weddin' day | A |
| 'N' settle somewhere down shore | B |
| I'll never fare to sea again a temptin' Davy Jones | C |
| A hearkening to the cruel sharks a hungerin' for my bones | C |
| I'll run a blushin' dairy farm or go a crackin' stones | C |
| Or buy 'n' keep a little liquor store | B |
| So he said | D |
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| They towed her in to Liverpool we made the hooker fast | E |
| And the copper bound official paid the crew | F |
| And Billy drew his money but the money didn't last | E |
| For he painted the alongshore blue | F |
| It was rum for Poll and rum for Nan and gin for Jolly Jack | G |
| He shipped a week later in the clothes upon his back | G |
| He had to pinch a little straw he had to beg a sack | G |
| To sleep on when his watch was through | F |
| So he did | H |
John Masefield
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