H. M. S. "dreadnought." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFEF| Titanic craft of many thousand tons | A |
| A smaller Britain free to come and go | B |
| Relying on thy ten terrific guns | A |
| To daunt afar the most presumptuous foe | B |
| Thick panoplied with plates of hardened steel | C |
| Equipped with all the engin'ry of death | D |
| Unrivalled swiftness in thy massive keel | C |
| Annihilation latent in thy breath | D |
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| Dreadnought thy name And yet for all thy size | E |
| And strength the ocean might engulf thy prow | F |
| Or the swift red torpedo of the skies | E |
| The lightning blast thy boast emblazoned brow | F |
| Thou hast thy use but Britain's sons were wise | E |
| To put their trust in better things than thou | F |
W. M. Mackeracher
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