A Sea Dialogue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQFRS TU VV AW XYZA2B2C2D2D2D2E2VF2 VG2 AH2RVI2VVJ2K2L2 VH2M2D2| Cabin Passenger | A |
| FRIEND you seem thoughtful I not wonder much | B |
| That he who sails the ocean should be sad | C |
| I am myself reflective When I think | D |
| Of all this wallowing beast the Sea has sucked | E |
| Between his sharp thin lips the wedgy waves | F |
| What heaps of diamonds rubies emeralds pearls | G |
| What piles of shekels talents ducats crowns | H |
| What bales of Tyrian mantles Indian shawls | I |
| Of laces that have blanked the weavers' eyes | J |
| Of silken tissues wrought by worm and man | K |
| The half starved workman and the well fed worm | L |
| What marbles bronzes pictures parchments books | M |
| What many lobuled thought engendering brains | N |
| Lie with the gaping sea shells in his maw | O |
| I too am silent for all language seems | P |
| A mockery and the speech of man is vain | Q |
| O mariner we look upon the waves | F |
| And they rebuke our babbling 'Peace ' they say | R |
| 'Mortal be still ' My noisy tongue is hushed | S |
| And with my trembling finger on my lips | T |
| My soul exclaims in ecstasy | U |
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| MAN AT WHEEL | V |
| Belay | V |
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| CABIN PASSENGER | A |
| Ah yes 'Delay ' it calls 'nor haste to break | W |
| The charm of stillness with an idle word ' | - |
| O mariner I love thee for thy thought | X |
| Strides even with my own nay flies before | Y |
| Thou art a brother to the wind and wave | Z |
| Have they not music for thine ear as mine | A2 |
| When the wild tempest makes thy ship his lyre | B2 |
| Smiting a cavernous basso from the shrouds | C2 |
| And climbing up his gamut through the stays | D2 |
| Through buntlines bowlines ratlines till it shrills | D2 |
| An alto keener than the locust sings | D2 |
| And all the great Aeolian orchestra | E2 |
| Storms out its mad sonata in the gale | V |
| Is not the scene a wondrous and | F2 |
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| MAN AT WHEEL | V |
| A vast | G2 |
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| CABIN PASSENGER | A |
| Ah yes a vast a vast and wondrous scene | H2 |
| I see thy soul is open as the day | R |
| That holds the sunshine in its azure bowl | V |
| To all the solemn glories of the deep | I2 |
| Tell me O mariner dost thou never feel | V |
| The grandeur of thine office to control | V |
| The keel that cuts the ocean like a knife | J2 |
| And leaves a wake behind it like a seam | K2 |
| In the great shining garment of the world | L2 |
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| MAN AT WHEEL | V |
| Belay y'r jaw y' swab y' hoss marine | H2 |
| To the Captain | M2 |
| Ay ay Sir Stiddy Sir Sou'wes' b' sou' | D2 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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