The Captain Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEFFE GDGGD HIHHI BFBBF JKJK| A | |
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| Here all the day she swings from tide to tide | B |
| Here all night long she tugs a rusted chain | C |
| A masterless hulk that was a ship of pride | B |
| Yet unashamed her memories remain | C |
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| It was Nelson in the 'Captain' Cape St Vincent far alee | D |
| With the 'Vanguard' leading s'uth'ard in the haze | E |
| Little Jervis and the Spaniards and the fight that was to be | F |
| Twenty seven Spanish battleships great bullies of the sea | F |
| And the 'Captain' there to find her day of days | E |
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| Right into them the 'Vanguard' leads but with a sudden tack | G |
| The Spaniards double swiftly on their trail | D |
| Now Jervis overshoots his mark like some too eager pack | G |
| He will not overtake them haste he e'er so greatly back | G |
| But Nelson and the 'Captain' will not fail | D |
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| Like a tigress on her quarry leaps the 'Captain' from her place | H |
| To lie across the fleeing squadron's way | I |
| Heavy odds and heavy onslaught gun to gun and face to face | H |
| Win the ship a name of glory win the men a death of grace | H |
| For a little hold the Spanish fleet in play | I |
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| Ended now the Captain 's battle stricken sore she falls aside | B |
| Holding still her foemen beaten to the knee | F |
| As the 'Vanguard' drifted past her Well done 'Captain' Jervis cried | B |
| Rang the cheers of men that conquered ran the blood of men that died | B |
| And the ship had won her immortality | F |
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| Lo here her progeny of steel and steam | J |
| A funnelled monster at her mooring swings | K |
| Still in our hearts we see her pennant stream | J |
| And Well done 'Captain' like a trumpet rings | K |
John Mccrae
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