Grace Darling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JBKB ELML NOPO QRSR TBUB VBWB BXYX ZRA2R BB2C2B2 D2E2F2E2 G2H2XH2 VC2I2C2 BEJ2E| The steamer Forfarshire one morn | A |
| Right gaily put to sea | B |
| From Hull in merry England | C |
| To a Scottish town Dundee | B |
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| The winds were fair the waters calm | D |
| And all on board were gay | E |
| For sped the vessel quickly on | F |
| Unharrass'd in her way | E |
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| All trim and neat the vessel look'd | G |
| And strong while from on high | H |
| Her flag stream'd gaily over those | I |
| Who deem'd no danger nigh | H |
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| So strong she look'd from stem to stern | J |
| That all maintained that she | B |
| Would weather e'en the fiercest storm | K |
| From Hull unto Dundee | B |
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| But bitterly deceiv'd were they | E |
| When off North England's shore | L |
| The vessel in a nor' west gale | M |
| Did labor more and more | L |
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| Her timbers creak'd her engines mov'd | N |
| With weak convulsive shocks | O |
| And soon the ship beyond control | P |
| Rush'd madly on the rocks | O |
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| And then a lighthouse keeper saw | Q |
| Her struggle with the waves | R |
| And knew that soon if came no help | S |
| They'd find them wat'ry graves | R |
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| What boat he said could pass to them | T |
| O'er such a raging sea | B |
| And e'en if I should venture out | U |
| Oh who would go with me | B |
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| Oh father I will go with you | V |
| Out o'er the raging sea | B |
| To rescue them come life come death | W |
| I'll work an oar with thee | B |
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| She went and battling with the sea | B |
| They reach'd the vessel's side | X |
| And sav'd nine precious lives | Y |
| From sinking in the tide | X |
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| For those who on the wreck remain'd | Z |
| Afraid to trust the waves | R |
| In such a frail and loaded boat | A2 |
| Soon found uncoffin'd graves | R |
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| All noble acts unconsciously | B |
| Are done with pure intent | B2 |
| And thus upon her errand bold | C2 |
| This noble maiden went | B2 |
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| And when from many mouths she heard | D2 |
| Her praises told aloud | E2 |
| 'Twas but for simple duty done | F2 |
| This modest maid felt proud | E2 |
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| And when into her lone abode | G2 |
| Fam'd artists quickly came | H2 |
| No swelling and self conscious pride | X |
| Did animate her frame | H2 |
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| They knew rewards would scarcely do | V |
| To tell what should be told | C2 |
| And yet they gave this modest girl | I2 |
| Five hundred pounds in gold | C2 |
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| But gold her peerless bravery | B |
| Could neither buy nor pay | E |
| And yet content her lonely life | J2 |
| She liv'd from day to day | E |
Thomas Frederick Young
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