The Junk And The Dhow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFEE DGDGDHFHH AIAIDAADAA HJHJDAAAA KAHADLFLLLMLAquot An Unqualified Pilot quot | A |
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Once a pair of savages found a stranded tree | B |
One piecee stick pidgin two piecee man | C |
Straddle um paddle um push um off to sea | B |
That way Foleign Debbil boat began | C |
But before and before and ever so long before | D |
Any shape of sailing craft was known | E |
The Junk and Dhow had a stern and a bow | F |
And a mast and a sail of their own ahoy alone | E |
As they crashed across the Oceans on their own | E |
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Once there was a pirate ship being blown ashore | D |
Plitty soon pilum up s'posee no can tack | G |
Seven piecee stlong man pullum sta'boa'd oar | D |
That way bling her head alound and sail o back | G |
But before and before an ever so long before | D |
Grand Commander Noah took the wheel | H |
The Junk and the Dhow though they look like anyhow | F |
Had rudders reaching deep below their keel ahoy akeel | H |
As they laid the Eastern Seas beneath their keel | H |
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Once there was galliot yawing in a tide | A |
Too much foolee side slip How can stop | I |
Man catchee tea box lid lasha longaside | A |
That way make her plenty glip and sail first chop | I |
But before and before and ever so long before | D |
And such contrivances were used | A |
The whole Confucian sea board had standardized the lee board | A |
And hauled it up or dropped it as they choosed or chose or | D |
chused | A |
According to the weather when they cruised | A |
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Once there was a caravel in a beam sea roll | H |
Ca'qo shiftee alla dliftee no can livee long | J |
S'posum' nail o boa'd acloss makee ploper hol' | H |
That way ca'qo sittum still an' ship mo' stlong | J |
But before and before and ever so long before | D |
Any square rigged vessel hove in sight | A |
The Canton deep sea craft carried bulkheads fore and aft | A |
And took good care to keep 'em water tight atite atite | A |
From Amboyna to the Great Australian Bight | A |
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Once there was a sailor man singing just this way | K |
Too muchee yowl o sickum best flend | A |
Singee all same pullee lope haul and belay | H |
Hully up and coilum down an' bite off end | A |
But before and before and ever so long before | D |
Any sort of chanty crossed our lips | L |
The Junk and the Dhow though they look like anyhow | F |
Were the Mother and the Father of all Ships ahoy a'ships | L |
And of half the new inventions in our Ships | L |
From Tarifa to Formosa in our Ships | L |
From Socotra to Selankhor of the windlass and the anchor | M |
And the Navigators Compass in our Ships ahoy our Ships | L |
O hully up and coilum down and bite off end | A |
Rudyard Kipling
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