Embarcation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB BDDB EFFE GG| Southampton Docks October | A |
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| Here where Vespasian's legions struck the sands | B |
| And Cendric with the Saxons entered in | C |
| And Henry's army lept afloat to win | C |
| Convincing triumphs over neighboring lands | B |
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| Vaster battalions press for further strands | B |
| To argue in the selfsame bloody mode | D |
| Which this late age of thought and pact and code | D |
| Still fails to mend Now deckward tramp the bands | B |
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| Yellow as autumn leaves alive as spring | E |
| And as each host draws out upon the sea | F |
| Beyond which lies the tragical To be | F |
| None dubious of the cause none murmuring | E |
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| Wives sisters parents wave white hands and smile | G |
| As if they knew not that they weep the while | G |
Thomas Hardy
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