A Departure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCB BEBEBDBB BBBBFDFB GBGBHDHB| Since first the White Horse Banner blew free | A |
| By Hengist's horde unfurled | B |
| Nothing has changed on land or sea | A |
| Of the things that steer the world | B |
| As it was when the long ships scudded through the gale | C |
| So it is where the Liners go | D |
| Time and Tide they are both in a tale | C |
| quot Woe to the weaker woe quot | B |
| - | |
| No charm can bridle the hard mouthed wind | B |
| Or smooth the fretting swell | E |
| No gift can alter the grey Sea's mind | B |
| But she serves the strong man well | E |
| As it is when her uttermost deeps are stirred | B |
| So it is where the quicksands show | D |
| All the waters have but one word | B |
| quot Woe to the weaker woe quot | B |
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| The feast is ended the tales are told | B |
| The dawn is overdue | B |
| And we meet on the quay in the whistling cold | B |
| Where the galley waits her crew | B |
| Out with the torches they have flared too long | F |
| And bid the harpers go | D |
| Wind and warfare have but one song | F |
| quot Woe to the weaker woe quot | B |
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| Hail to the great oars gathering way | G |
| As the beach begins to slide | B |
| Hail to the war shields' click and play | G |
| As they lift along our side | B |
| Hail to the first wave over the bow | H |
| Slow for the sea stroke Slow | D |
| All the benches are grunting now | H |
| quot Woe to the weaker woe quot | B |
Rudyard Kipling
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