The Steam-boat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHJ KLKL MNMNOOSay 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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