The Steam-boat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHJ KLKL MNMNOO| Say dark prow'd visitant that o'er the brine | A |
| Stalk'st proudly heeding not what wind may blow | B |
| What chart what compass shapes that course of thine | A |
| Whence didst thou come and whither dost thou go | B |
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| Art thou a Monster born of sky and sea | C |
| Art thou a Pagod moving in thine ire | D |
| Were I a Savage I must bend to thee | C |
| A Ghiber I must own thee God of fire | E |
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| The affrighted billows fly thy hissing rout | F |
| Thy wake is followed by turmoil and din | G |
| Blackness and darkness track thy course without | F |
| And fire and groans and vapours strive within | G |
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| And they who cling about thee who are they | H |
| And canst thou be that fabled boat that waits | I |
| On the dark banks of Styx for souls Oh say | H |
| Let me not burst in ignorance thy freight | J |
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| Thus spake I wandering near the Brighton shore | K |
| Straining my very eye balls from my Cab | L |
| First came two ten horse laughs and then a roar | K |
| Be off queer Chap or I'll soon stop your gab | L |
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| Then swept she onward breathing mist and cloud | M |
| While from my bosom this reflection broke | N |
| Although I think the steam boat something proud | M |
| Such lofty questions often end in smoke | N |
| To all Grandiloquents a hint I deem it | O |
| And whilst I live I'll ever such esteem it | O |
Thomas Gent
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