Jersey Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACBB DEDECC FGFGHCC IJIJJJ K LMNM| Dear Jersey jewel jubilant and green | A |
| 'Midst surge that splits steel ships but sings to thee | B |
| Thou fav'rest Frenchmen though from England seen | A |
| Oft tearful to that mistress 'North Countree' | C |
| Returned the third time safely here to be | B |
| I bless my bold Gibraltar of the Free | B |
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| Yon lighthouse stands forth like a fervent friend | D |
| One who our tempest buffets back with zest | E |
| And with twin steeple eke our helmsman's end | D |
| Forms arms that beckon us upon thy breast | E |
| Rose posied pillow crystallized with spray | C |
| Where pools pellucid mirror sunny ray | C |
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| A frigate fretting yonder smoothest sky | F |
| Like pauseless petrel poising o'er a wreck | G |
| Strikes bright athwart the dearly dazzled eye | F |
| Until it lessens to scarce certain speck | G |
| 'Neath Venus sparkling on the agate sprinkled beach | H |
| For fisher's sailing signal just and true | C |
| Until Aurora frights her from the view | C |
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| In summer steamer smoke spreads as thy veil | I |
| And mists in winter sudden screen thy sight | J |
| When at thy feet the galley breakers wail | I |
| And toss their tops high o'er the lofty flight | J |
| Of horrid storm worn steps with shark like bite | J |
| That only ope to swallow up in spite | J |
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| L'ENVOY | K |
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| But penitent in calm thou givest a balm | L |
| To many a man who's felt thy rage | M |
| And many a sea bird thanks be heard | N |
| Thou shieldest sea bird exiled bard and sage | M |
Victor Marie Hugo
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