The Indian Boat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDEDEFGHIIH JJKDDKDKDKFLHMMH KKKKKKNHNHOOKPPK| 'Twas midnight dark | A |
| The seaman's bark | A |
| Swift o'er the waters bore him | B |
| When thro' the night | C |
| He spied a light | C |
| Shoot o'er the wave before him | B |
| A sail a sail he cries | D |
| She comes from the Indian shore | E |
| And to night shall be our prize | D |
| With her freight of golden ore | E |
| Sail on sail on | F |
| When morning shone | G |
| He saw the gold still clearer | H |
| But though so fast | I |
| The waves he past | I |
| That boat seemed never the nearer | H |
| - | |
| Bright daylight came | J |
| And still the same | J |
| Rich bark before him floated | K |
| While on the prize | D |
| His wishful eyes | D |
| Like any young lover's doted | K |
| More sail more sail he cries | D |
| While the waves overtop the mast | K |
| And his bounding galley flies | D |
| Like an arrow before the blast | K |
| Thus on and on | F |
| Till day was gone | L |
| And the moon thro' heaven did hie her | H |
| He swept the main | M |
| But all in vain | M |
| That boat seemed never the nigher | H |
| - | |
| And many a day | K |
| To night gave way | K |
| And many a morn succeeded | K |
| While still his flight | K |
| Thro day and night | K |
| That restless mariner speeded | K |
| Who knows who knows what seas | N |
| He is now careering o'er | H |
| Behind the eternal breeze | N |
| And that mocking bark before | H |
| For oh till sky | O |
| And earth shall die | O |
| And their death leave none to rue it | K |
| That boat must flee | P |
| O'er the boundless sea | P |
| And that ship in vain pursue it | K |
Thomas Moore
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