Ship From The Thames Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HIHI JKJK| Stay ship from Thames with fettered sails | A |
| in Sydney Cove this ebb of tide | B |
| your gear untangled from the gales | A |
| imprisoned at your anchor ride | B |
| - | |
| The portly gentleman who are | C |
| the pillars of the land come down | D |
| and greet the Newcomes voyaged far | C |
| to make a name in Sydney town | D |
| - | |
| The Recoats too with shouldered arms | E |
| marshal pale wretches from the hold | F |
| who cramped in tempest and in calms | G |
| have learned to do as they are told | F |
| - | |
| Flash phaetons fill the streets to day | H |
| inn tables rock to sailor fists | I |
| the Governor while the town is gay | H |
| checks over new assignment lists | I |
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| Aloof the slandered and abhorred | J |
| behold from of a quarried rise | K |
| the cause of all the stir aboard | J |
| a fiercer glitter in their eyes | K |
Rex Ingamells
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