The Junk And The Dhow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFEE DGDGDHFHH AIAIDAADAA HJHJDAAAA KAHADLFLLLMLA

quot An Unqualified Pilot quotA
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Once a pair of savages found a stranded treeB
One piecee stick pidgin two piecee manC
Straddle um paddle um push um off to seaB
That way Foleign Debbil boat beganC
But before and before and ever so long beforeD
Any shape of sailing craft was knownE
The Junk and Dhow had a stern and a bowF
And a mast and a sail of their own ahoy aloneE
As they crashed across the Oceans on their ownE
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Once there was a pirate ship being blown ashoreD
Plitty soon pilum up s'posee no can tackG
Seven piecee stlong man pullum sta'boa'd oarD
That way bling her head alound and sail o backG
But before and before an ever so long beforeD
Grand Commander Noah took the wheelH
The Junk and the Dhow though they look like anyhowF
Had rudders reaching deep below their keel ahoy akeelH
As they laid the Eastern Seas beneath their keelH
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Once there was galliot yawing in a tideA
Too much foolee side slip How can stopI
Man catchee tea box lid lasha longasideA
That way make her plenty glip and sail first chopI
But before and before and ever so long beforeD
And such contrivances were usedA
The whole Confucian sea board had standardized the lee boardA
And hauled it up or dropped it as they choosed or chose orD
chusedA
According to the weather when they cruisedA
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Once there was a caravel in a beam sea rollH
Ca'qo shiftee alla dliftee no can livee longJ
S'posum' nail o boa'd acloss makee ploper hol'H
That way ca'qo sittum still an' ship mo' stlongJ
But before and before and ever so long beforeD
Any square rigged vessel hove in sightA
The Canton deep sea craft carried bulkheads fore and aftA
And took good care to keep 'em water tight atite atiteA
From Amboyna to the Great Australian BightA
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Once there was a sailor man singing just this wayK
Too muchee yowl o sickum best flendA
Singee all same pullee lope haul and belayH
Hully up and coilum down an' bite off endA
But before and before and ever so long beforeD
Any sort of chanty crossed our lipsL
The Junk and the Dhow though they look like anyhowF
Were the Mother and the Father of all Ships ahoy a'shipsL
And of half the new inventions in our ShipsL
From Tarifa to Formosa in our ShipsL
From Socotra to Selankhor of the windlass and the anchorM
And the Navigators Compass in our Ships ahoy our ShipsL
O hully up and coilum down and bite off endA

Rudyard Kipling



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