The North Sea Patrol Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC ECFC GCBH H BCEH| Sea Warfare | A |
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| Where the East wind is brewed fresh and fresh every morning | B |
| And the balmy night breezes blow straight from the Pole | C |
| I heard a Destroyer sing quot What an enjoya | D |
| ble life does one lead on the North Sea Patrol | C |
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| quot To blow things to bits is our business and Fritz's | E |
| Which means there are mine fields wherever you stroll | C |
| Unless you've particular wish to die quick you'll a | F |
| void steering close to the North Sea Patrol | C |
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| quot We warn from disaster the mercantile master | G |
| Who takes in high Dudgeon our life saving role | C |
| For every one's grousing at Docking and Dowsing | B |
| The marks and the lights on the North Sea Patrol quot | H |
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| Twelve verses omitted | H |
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| So swept but surviving half drowned but still driving | B |
| I watched her head out through the swell off the shoal | C |
| And I heard her propellers roar quot Write to poor fellers | E |
| Who run such a Hell as the North Sea Patrol quot | H |
Rudyard Kipling
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