The Beacon In The Storm Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDCDAADEE FGFGHHIJ KLKLMNLJ OPOPQRPJ STSTFFTJ| Quels sont ces bruits sourds | A |
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| XXIV July | B |
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| Hark to that solemn sound | C |
| It steals towards the strand | D |
| Whose is that voice profound | C |
| Which mourns the swallowed land | D |
| With moans | A |
| Or groans | A |
| New threats of ruin close at hand | D |
| It is Triton the storm to scorn | E |
| Who doth wind his sonorous horn | E |
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| How thick the rain to night | F |
| And all along the coast | G |
| The sky shows naught of light | F |
| Is it a storm my host | G |
| Too soon | H |
| The boon | H |
| Of pleasant weather will be lost | I |
| Yes 'tis Triton etc | J |
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| Are seamen on that speck | K |
| Afar in deepening dark | L |
| Is that a splitting deck | K |
| Of some ill fated bark | L |
| Fend harm | M |
| Send calm | N |
| O Venus show thy starry spark | L |
| Though 'tis Triton etc | J |
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| The thousand tooth d gale | O |
| Adventurers too bold | P |
| Rips up your toughest sail | O |
| And tears your anchor hold | P |
| You forge | Q |
| Through surge | R |
| To be in rending breakers rolled | P |
| While old Triton etc | J |
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| Do sailors stare this way | S |
| Cramped on the Needle's sheaf | T |
| To hail the sudden ray | S |
| Which promises relief | T |
| Then bright | F |
| Shine light | F |
| Of hope upon the beacon reef | T |
| Though 'tis Triton etc | J |
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