A Song In Storm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFEFGHG IJIJHKFI LDLDIEFI MIMINOFI PQPRFSFEFGHG| A | |
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| Be well assured that on our side | B |
| The abiding oceans fight | C |
| Though headlong wind and heaping tide | B |
| Make us their sport to night | C |
| By force of weather not of war | D |
| In jeopardy we steer | E |
| Then welcome Fate's discourtesy | F |
| Whereby it shall appear | E |
| How in all time of our distress | F |
| And our deliverance too | G |
| The game is more than the player of the game | H |
| And the ship is more than the crew | G |
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| Out of the mist into the mirk | I |
| The glimmering combers roll | J |
| Almost these mindless waters work | I |
| As though they had a soul | J |
| Almost as though they leagued to whelm | H |
| Our flag beneath their green | K |
| Then welcome Fate's discourtesy | F |
| Whereby it shall be seen etc | I |
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| Be well assured though wave and wind | L |
| Have mightier blows in store | D |
| That we who keep the watch assigned | L |
| Must stand to it the more | D |
| And as our streaming bows rebuke | I |
| Each billow's baulked career | E |
| Sing welcome Fate's discourtesy | F |
| Whereby it is made clear etc | I |
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| No matter though our decks be swept | M |
| And mast and timber crack | I |
| We can make good all loss except | M |
| The loss of turning back | I |
| So 'twixt these Devils and our deep | N |
| Let courteous trumpets sound | O |
| To welcome Fate's discourtesy | F |
| Whereby it will be found etc | I |
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| Be well assured though in our power | P |
| Is nothing left to give | Q |
| But chance and place to meet the hour | P |
| And leave to strive to live | R |
| Till these dissolve our Order holds | F |
| Our Service binds us here | S |
| Then welcome Fate's discourtesy | F |
| Whereby it is made clear | E |
| How in all time of our distress | F |
| As in our triumph too | G |
| The game is more than the player of the game | H |
| And the ship is more than the crew | G |
Rudyard Kipling
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