Captain Lean Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGHG IJKJ BLML| Out of the East a hurricane | A |
| Swept down on Captain Lean | B |
| That mariner and gentleman | C |
| Will ne'er again be seen | B |
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| He sailed his ship against the foes | D |
| Of his own country dear | E |
| But now in the trough of the billows | D |
| An aimless course doth steer | E |
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| Powder was violets to his nostril | F |
| Sweet the din of the fighting line | G |
| Now he is flotsam on the seas | H |
| And his bones are bleached with brine | G |
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| The stars move up along the sky | I |
| The moon she shines so bright | J |
| And in that solitude the foam | K |
| Sparkles unearthly white | J |
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| This is the tomb of Captain Lean | B |
| Would a straiter please his soul | L |
| I trow he sleeps in peace | M |
| Howsoever the billows roll | L |
Walter De La Mare
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