Sylvia Plath

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Channel Crossing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEC FGHIGI JKLCMN OIPQHP PRNSTU VWPXWP YPZA2PZ

On storm struck deck wind sirens caterwaulA
With each tilt shock and shudder our blunt shipB
Cleaves forward into fury dark as angerC
Waves wallop assaulting the stubborn hullD
Flayed by spray we take the challenge upE
Grip the rail squint ahead and wonder how much longerC
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Such force can last but beyond the neutral viewF
Shows rank on rank the hungry seas advancingG
Below rocked havoc sick voyagers lieH
Retching in bright orange basins a refugeeI
Sprawls hunched in black among baggage wincingG
Under the strict mask of his agonyI
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Far from the sweet stench of that perilous airJ
In which our comrades are betrayed we freezeK
And marvel at the smashing nonchalanceL
Of nature what better way to test taut fiberC
Than against this onslaught these casual blasts of iceM
That wrestle with us like angels the mere chanceN
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Of making harbor through this racketing fluxO
Taunts us to valor Blue sailors sang that our journeyI
Would be full of sun white gulls and water drenchedP
With radiance peacock colored instead bleak rocksQ
Jutted early to mark our going while skyH
Curded over with clouds and chalk cliffs blanchedP
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In sullen light of the inauspicious dayP
Now free by hazard's quirk from the common illR
Knocking our brothers down we strike a stanceN
Most mock heroic to cloak our waking aweS
At this rare rumpus which no man can controlT
Meek and proud both fall stark violenceU
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Lays all walls waste private estates are tornV
Ransacked in the public eye We forsakeW
Our lone luck now compelled by bond by bloodP
To keep some unsaid pact perhaps concernX
Is helpless here quite extra yet we must makeW
The gesture bend and hold the prone man's headP
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And so we sail toward cities streets and homesY
Of other men where statues celebrateP
Brave acts played out in peace in war all dangersZ
End green shores appear we assume our namesA2
Our luggage as docks halt our brief epic no debtP
Survives arrival we walk the plank with strangersZ

Sylvia Plath



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