The Rowing Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DDDD DD DDDD DDDD| Round the world and home again | A |
| That's the sailor's way | B |
| Faster faster faster faster | C |
| - | |
| There's no earthly way of knowing | D |
| Which direction we are going | D |
| There's no knowing where we're rowing | D |
| Or which way the river's flowing | D |
| - | |
| Is it raining is it snowing | D |
| Is a hurricane a blowing | D |
| - | |
| Not a speck of light is showing | D |
| So the danger must be growing | D |
| Are the fires of Hell a glowing | D |
| Is the grisly reaper mowing | D |
| - | |
| Yes the danger must be growing | D |
| For the rowers keep on rowing | D |
| And they're certainly not showing | D |
| Any signs that they are slowing | D |
Roald Dahl
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