Ships That Pass In The Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBA ADEDA AAFAA| Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing | A |
| I look far out into the pregnant night | B |
| Where I can hear a solemn booming gun | C |
| And catch the gleaming of a random light | B |
| That tells me that the ship I seek is passing passing | A |
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| My tearful eyes my soul's deep hurt are glassing | A |
| For I would hail and check that ship of ships | D |
| I stretch my hands imploring cry aloud | E |
| My voice falls dead a foot from mine own lips | D |
| And but its ghost doth reach that vessel passing passing | A |
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| O Earth O Sky O Ocean both surpassing | A |
| O heart of mine O soul that dreads the dark | A |
| Is there no hope for me Is there no way | F |
| That I may sight and check that speeding bark | A |
| Which out of sight and sound is passing passing | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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