A Desolate Shore Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEAFGHIHJKLMNOPQ RSTUVWXYWWZA MYXA2B2CC2| A desolate shore | A |
| The sinister seduction of the Moon | B |
| The menace of the irreclaimable Sea | C |
| - | |
| Flaunting tawdry and grim | D |
| From cloud to cloud along her beat | E |
| Leering her battered and inveterate leer | A |
| She signals where he prowls in the dark alone | F |
| Her horrible old man | G |
| Mumbling old oaths and warming | H |
| His villainous old bones with villainous talk | I |
| The secrets of their grisly housekeeping | H |
| Since they went out upon the pad | J |
| In the first twilight of self conscious Time | K |
| Growling hideous and hoarse | L |
| Tales of unnumbered Ships | M |
| Goodly and strong Companions of the Advance | N |
| In some vile alley of the night | O |
| Waylaid and bludgeoned | P |
| Dead | Q |
| - | |
| Deep cellared in primeval ooze | R |
| Ruined dishonoured spoiled | S |
| They lie where the lean water worm | T |
| Crawls free of their secrets and their broken sides | U |
| Bulge with the slime of life Thus they abide | V |
| Thus fouled and desecrate | W |
| The summons of the Trumpet and the while | X |
| These Twain their murderers | Y |
| Unravined imperturbable unsubdued | W |
| Hang at the heels of their children She aloft | W |
| As in the shining streets | Z |
| He as in ambush at some accomplice door | A |
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| The stalwart Ships | M |
| The beautiful and bold adventurers | Y |
| Stationed out yonder in the isle | X |
| The tall Policeman | A2 |
| Flashing his bull's eye as he peers | B2 |
| About him in the ancient vacancy | C |
| Tells them this way is safety this way home | C2 |
William Ernest Henley
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