The Night Of Trafalgar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGGF HIJIKKLLK MMEFNNF| In the wild October night time when the wind raved round the | A |
| land | B |
| And the Back sea met the front sea and our doors were blocked | C |
| with sand | B |
| And we heard the drub of dead man's bay where the bones of | D |
| thousands are | E |
| We knew not what the day had done for us at Trafalgar | F |
| Had done | G |
| Had done | G |
| For us at Trafalgar | F |
| - | |
| 'Pull hard and make the nothe or down we go ' One says | H |
| says he | I |
| We pulled and bedtime brought the storm but snug at home | J |
| slept we | I |
| Yet all the while our gallants after fighting through the day | K |
| Were beating up and down the dark sou'west of Cadiz Bay | K |
| The dark | L |
| The dark | L |
| Sou'west of Cadiz Bay | K |
| - | |
| The victors and the vanquished then the storm it tossed and tore | M |
| As hard they strove those worn out men upon that surly shore | M |
| Dead Nelson and his half dead crew his foes from near and far | E |
| Were rolled together on the deep that night at Trafalgar | F |
| The deep | N |
| The deep | N |
| That night at Trafalgar | F |
Thomas Hardy
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