Andy Battle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABAB ACACAC ACCCCC CDCDCD| Once and there was a young sailor yeo ho | A |
| And he sailed out over the say | B |
| For the isles where pink coral and palm branches blow | A |
| And the fire flies turn night into day | B |
| Yeo ho | A |
| And the fire flies turn night into day | B |
| - | |
| But the Dolphin went down in a tempest yeo ho | A |
| And with three forsook sailors ashore | C |
| The portingales took him wh'ere sugar canes grow | A |
| Their slave for to be evermore | C |
| Yeo ho | A |
| Their slave for to be evermore | C |
| - | |
| With his musket for mother and brother yeo ho | A |
| He warred with the Cannibals drear | C |
| in forests where panthers pad soft to and fro | C |
| And the Pongo shakes noonday with fear | C |
| Yeo ho | C |
| And the Pongo shakes noonday with fear | C |
| - | |
| Now lean with long travail all wasted with woe | C |
| With a monkey for messmate and friend | D |
| He sits 'neath the Cross in the cankering snow | C |
| And waites for his sorrowful end | D |
| Yeo ho | C |
| And waits for his sorrowful end | D |
Walter De La Mare
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