Titanic Lover Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFG HIJJ KLMN BLOLPQR STUVBWSTXIXYSTUH OZA2A2 MB2OC2 D2E2JF2 OAG2H2 I2I2J2K2 C2XL2M2 N2O2SS P2Q2IR2 N2QIH S2T2U2U2 JJA2A2 LLU2U2 V2V2SS W2SX2Y2 XG2V2V2 A2Z2A3S2 STUVBA2STA2| Woke up quickly from a dream | A |
| Once more it was of you and me | B |
| Running naked along soft sand | C |
| Ocean crashing around us again | D |
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| A vision in my sleep for years | E |
| Your deep blue eyes erase my fears | E |
| They used to say follow the balls | F |
| Keep them up don't let them fall | G |
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| If you drop down from way up high | H |
| Then In the dream open your eyes | I |
| You should bounce on the ground | J |
| Instead hit hard and death is found | J |
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| Saw your name on the Titanic list | K |
| You were not on the rescue ship | L |
| It said Edith Evans traveled alone | M |
| To start a new life on the east coast | N |
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| Gotta rescue my beauty | B |
| Get her off that ship | L |
| Build a time machine | O |
| Edith won't survive the trip | L |
| Hope I don't get stuck there | P |
| May not ever make it back | Q |
| I need a Titanic love to last | R |
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| You're my Titanic lover | S |
| Way back in time | T |
| Can't seem to reach you | U |
| Always on my mind | V |
| Want to feel your body | B |
| Lying next to mine | W |
| You're my Titanic lover | S |
| Way back in time | T |
| Don't want you to float | X |
| When I close my eyes | I |
| Need to see you in a boat | X |
| With me by your side | Y |
| You're my Titanic lover | S |
| Way back in time | T |
| Somehow I will get to you | U |
| Or I will surely die | H |
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| Made a crazy time machine | O |
| Found all the parts I did need | Z |
| Internet sure made it happen | A2 |
| Gotta trust this wild contraption | A2 |
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| Grabbed my cell phone | M |
| Keyed in the proper code | B2 |
| Jumped into the time machine | O |
| Back to the Titanic I now go | C2 |
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| Heard a sound like screaming cats | D2 |
| Burnt tire smell happened next | E2 |
| Blinding lights jumped all around | J |
| gigawatts yelled Doc Brown | F2 |
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| The warmth of the time machine | O |
| Suddenly changed like ice cream | A |
| I lay now on a shiny wood floor | G2 |
| Jumped as a ship whistle roared | H2 |
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| Stood on my feet looking about | I2 |
| Those on shore gave out a shout | I2 |
| People near me hollered and waved | J2 |
| Heard folks yelling the Titanic name | K2 |
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| Had to keep myself laying low | C2 |
| Looking for Edith on the big boat | X |
| Finally found her my heart flipped | L2 |
| Had to get to know her really quick | M2 |
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| See her walking alone on deck | N2 |
| Approach her to talk for just a bit | O2 |
| The bugle sounds we eat together | S |
| Holding her close in icy weather | S |
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| I use my English charms | P2 |
| Woo her ever so strong | Q2 |
| See emoji love in her eyes | I |
| We lay together that night | R2 |
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| Saw Captain Smith on the deck | N2 |
| Grabbed his arm pulled him back | Q |
| Stared intently into his brown eyes | I |
| Said Change course now or die | H |
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| He freed his arm to straighten up | S2 |
| Slammed me to the wall so rough | T2 |
| Don't start rumors or you will pay | U2 |
| Were making good time to USA | U2 |
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| Told him how there is ice around | J |
| He said lookouts will call if found | J |
| Instructed me to return to my cabin | A2 |
| Or I'll be on a 'stairway to heaven' | A2 |
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| The iceberg hit the Titanic ship | L |
| I know the outcome of this trip | L |
| Got Edith Into a boat right away | U2 |
| Now I am not allowed to stay | U2 |
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| I hold my smartphone but it's dead | V2 |
| Not too smart I thought in my head | V2 |
| Glanced down at the still icy water | S |
| Jumped in like an Olympic diver | S |
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| Swam about for over two hours | W2 |
| Looking for her boat on the water | S |
| My body was warm like hot gruel | X2 |
| Due to the wetsuit under my suit | Y2 |
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| Climbed on board her life boat | X |
| Some lady smacked me with an oar | G2 |
| Edith caressed me rubbing my head | V2 |
| Once In New York we would wed | V2 |
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| Stuck back in time living In | A2 |
| Got a farm in New York life is well | Z2 |
| Smart phone buried in a black box | A3 |
| Not much use can't charge it up | S2 |
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| You're my Titanic lover | S |
| Way back in time | T |
| Can't seem to reach you | U |
| Always on my mind | V |
| Want to feel your body | B |
| Lying next to mine | A2 |
| You're my Titanic lover | S |
| Way back in time | T |
| Now you are truly mine | A2 |
Richard Oldham
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 04/14/2022
Poet's note: This poem came to me today as we approach the 110th year since Titanic sinking. I saw photos of ladies who perished. One from first class. Why was she not on a life boat? What if she could be saved.. a man falls in love .... He wants to save her.. this is his emotional journey
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