The Silver Penny Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC BBD EAFA GHIJ IIII| 'Sailorman I'll give to you | A |
| My bright silver penny | B |
| If out to sea you'll sail me | B |
| And my dear sister Jenny ' | C |
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| 'Get in young sir I'll sail ye | B |
| And your dear sister Jenny | B |
| But pay she shall her golden locks | D |
| Instead of your penny ' | - |
| - | |
| They sail away they sail away | E |
| O fierce the winds blew | A |
| The foam flew in clouds | F |
| And dark the night grew | A |
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| And all the wild sea water | G |
| Climbed steep into the boat | H |
| Back to the shore again | I |
| Sail they will not | J |
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| Drowned is the sailorman | I |
| Drowned is sweet Jenny | I |
| And drowned in the deep sea | I |
| A bright silver penny | I |
Walter De La Mare
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