Mother Carey (as Told Me By The Bo'sun) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDE FGFGHHH IJKJFLFL HMHMFEFE| Mother Carey She's the mother o' the witches | A |
| 'N' all them sort o' rips | B |
| She's a fine gell to look at but the hitch is | C |
| She's a sight too fond of ships | B |
| She lives upon an iceberg to the norred | D |
| 'N' her man he's Davy Jones | E |
| 'N' she combs the weeds upon her forred | D |
| With pore drowned sailors' bones | E |
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| She's the mother o' the wrecks 'n' the mother | F |
| Of all big winds as blows | G |
| She's up to some deviltry or other | F |
| When it storms or sleets or snows | G |
| The noise of the wind's her screamin' | H |
| 'I'm arter a plump young fine | H |
| Brass buttoned beefy ribbed young seam'n | H |
| So as me 'n' my mate kin dine ' | - |
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| She's a hungry old rip 'n' a cruel | I |
| For sailor men like we | J |
| She's give a many mariners the gruel | K |
| 'N' a long sleep under sea | J |
| She's the blood o' many a crew upon her | F |
| 'N' the bones of many a wreck | L |
| 'N' she's barnacles a growin' on her | F |
| 'N' shark's teeth round her neck | L |
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| I ain't never had no schoolin' | H |
| Nor read no books like you | M |
| But I knows 't ain't healthy to be foolin' | H |
| With that there gristly two | M |
| You're young you thinks 'n' you're lairy | F |
| But if you're to make old bones | E |
| Steer clear I says o' Mother Carey | F |
| 'N' that there Davy Jones | E |
John Masefield
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