The Hungry Sea Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAB CBCCB DBDDB DBAAB| Down to the sea the hungry sea | A |
| O the sea is hungry ever | B |
| Seeking food for the bairns and me | A |
| Seeking food in the hungry sea | A |
| O the sea is hungry ever | B |
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| My man and my lad their bones are white | C |
| O the sea is hungry ever | B |
| Into the maw of the grim black night | C |
| Their hearts were bold and their faces bright | C |
| O the sea is hungry ever | B |
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| The sun was red and the clouds were black | D |
| O the sea is hungry ever | B |
| And the sky was heavy with flying wrack | D |
| When forth they fared and they came not back | D |
| O the sea is hungry ever | B |
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| Forth they fared and they came not back | D |
| O the sea is hungry ever | B |
| O I fear the sea and I hate the sea | A |
| That took my man and my lad from me | A |
| O the sea is hungry ever | B |
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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