In Nineveh. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEEFGGHCIIJKKLLF FMNNOOLP| As he of Joppa sought to 'scape | A |
| The utterance of the given word | B |
| And dared to get him from the Lord | C |
| In a ship down to Tarshish know | D |
| Thou canst not any burden throw | D |
| That was ordained for thee to bear | E |
| Though faith may make it light as air | E |
| Though thou within the dust may rave | F |
| Within the dust may rave and curse | G |
| Thy being and the universe | G |
| He sends His lightnings still abroad | H |
| Yet plants for thee the shadowy gourd | C |
| And comes so near He leaves a trace | I |
| Of beauty on thy bitter face | I |
| Thou canst not lose thyself thou art | J |
| The given word its utterance too | K |
| Is in all thou dost dream and do | K |
| All men must hear it hearing thee | L |
| Thou canst not 'scape the prophecy | L |
| Of thy life here howe'er thou rave | F |
| Between the cradle and the grave | F |
| What if thou wert He being here | M |
| So much of Him made flesh as can | N |
| Find its conception in a man | N |
| Thy very breath His own and thou | O |
| The veriest utterance of Him now | O |
| It is His work let thyself be | L |
| And He will cry in Nineveh | P |
Robert Crawford
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