A Winter Ship Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE ECFGH GFIJK LFMBN MMOPQ RSETU| At this wharf there are no grand landings to speak of | A |
| Red and orange barges list and blister | B |
| Shackled to the dock outmoded gaudy | C |
| And apparently indestructible | D |
| The sea pulses under a skin of oil | E |
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| A gull holds his pose on a shanty ridgepole | E |
| Riding the tide of the wind steady | C |
| As wood and formal in a jacket of ashes | F |
| The whole flat harbor anchored in | G |
| The round of his yellow eye button | H |
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| A blimp swims up like a day moon or tin | G |
| Cigar over his rink of fishes | F |
| The prospect is dull as an old etching | I |
| They are unloading three barrels of little crabs | J |
| The pier pilings seem about to collapse | K |
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| And with them that rickety edifice | L |
| Of warehouses derricks smokestacks and bridges | F |
| In the distance All around us the water slips | M |
| And gossips in its loose vernacular | B |
| Ferrying the smells of cod and tar | N |
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| Farther out the waves will be mouthing icecakes | M |
| A poor month for park sleepers and lovers | M |
| Even our shadows are blue with cold | O |
| We wanted to see the sun come up | P |
| And are met instead by this iceribbed ship | Q |
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| Bearded and blown an albatross of frost | R |
| Relic of tough weather every winch and stay | S |
| Encased in a glassy pellicle | E |
| The sun will diminish it soon enough | T |
| Each wave tip glitters like a knife | U |
Sylvia Plath
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