Mid-ocean In War-time Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCB DEDEDE| For My Mother | A |
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| The fragile splendour of the level sea | B |
| The moon's serene and silver veiled face | C |
| Make of this vessel an enchanted place | C |
| Full of white mirth and golden sorcery | B |
| Now for a time shall careless laughter be | B |
| Blended with song to lend song sweeter grace | C |
| And the old stars in their unending race | C |
| Shall heed and envy young humanity | B |
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| And yet to night a hundred leagues away | D |
| These waters blush a strange and awful red | E |
| Before the moon a cloud obscenely grey | D |
| Rises from decks that crash with flying lead | E |
| And these stars smile their immemorial way | D |
| On waves that shroud a thousand newly dead | E |
Joyce Kilmer
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