Welsh Incident Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBCADEFGDBBBBGGHB BBBIBDJGGKLLMHGNOPQD BBBBBBGJBBB| 'But that was nothing to what things came out | A |
| From the sea caves of Criccieth yonder ' | B |
| 'What were they Mermaids dragons ghosts ' | B |
| 'Nothing at all of any things like that ' | B |
| 'What were they then ' | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 'All sorts of queer things | C |
| Things never seen or heard or written about | A |
| Very strange un Welsh utterly peculiar | D |
| Things Oh solid enough they seemed to touch | E |
| Had anyone dared it Marvellous creation | F |
| All various shapes and sizes and no sizes | G |
| All new each perfectly unlike his neighbour | D |
| Though all came moving slowly out together ' | B |
| 'Describe just one of them ' | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 'I am unable ' | B |
| 'What were their colours ' | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp 'Mostly nameless colours | G |
| Colours you'd like to see but one was puce | G |
| Or perhaps more like crimson but not purplish | H |
| Some had no colour ' | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp 'Tell me had they legs ' | B |
| 'Not a leg or foot among them that I saw ' | B |
| 'But did these things come out in any order ' | B |
| What o'clock was it What was the day of the week | I |
| Who else was present How was the weather ' | B |
| 'I was coming to that It was half past three | D |
| On Easter Tuesday last The sun was shining | J |
| The Harlech Silver Band played Marchog Jesu | G |
| On thrity seven shimmering instruments | G |
| Collecting for Caernarvon's Fever Hospital Fund | K |
| The populations of Pwllheli Criccieth | L |
| Portmadoc Borth Tremadoc Penrhyndeudraeth | L |
| Were all assembled Criccieth's mayor addressed them | M |
| First in good Welsh and then in fluent English | H |
| Twisting his fingers in his chain of office | G |
| Welcoming the things They came out on the sand | N |
| Not keeping time to the band moving seaward | O |
| Silently at a snail's pace But at last | P |
| The most odd indescribable thing of all | Q |
| Which hardly one man there could see for wonder | D |
| Did something recognizably a something ' | B |
| 'Well what ' | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 'It made a noise ' | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nb sp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbs p nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 'A frightening noise ' | B |
| 'No no ' | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 'A musical noise A noise of scuffling ' | B |
| 'No but a very loud respectable noise | G |
| Like groaning to oneself on Sunday morning | J |
| In Chapel close before the second psalm ' | B |
| 'What did the mayor do ' | B |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp n bsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 'I was coming to that ' | B |
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