Fragments - Lines 0667 - 0682 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIHJKBLBG| If I had money Simonides I would not feel such pain | A |
| As I do now when in the company of the noble | B |
| As it is wealth recognizes me but passes by and I am speechless | C |
| Out of want although it would seem that I know better than most | D |
| That now with our white sails lowered we are being carried | E |
| Out of the Melian Sea through the murky night | F |
| And the men refuse to bail although the sea sweeps over | G |
| Both sides of the ship Indeed only with great difficulty is anyone likely to be | H |
| Saved acting as they are they have stopped the helmsman | I |
| Good though he was who kept watch skillfully | H |
| And they are plundering the cargo by force Discipline has perished | J |
| And fair division is no longer carried out in an open fashion | K |
| The deckhands are in control and the base have the upper hand over the noble | B |
| I am afraid that the waves may swallow up the ship | L |
| Let this well hidden be my riddling message for the noble | B |
| Though a base man too may understand it if he is clever | G |
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