Greenland's Icy Mountains Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA BBCD EEFF FFEE GGFF HIEE FFFF FFJJ HHFF EEFF KLMM NNFF FFFF FFOO PPQQ FFFF| Greenland's icy mountains are fascinating and grand | A |
| And wondrously created by the Almighty's command | A |
| And the works of the Almighty there's few can understand | A |
| Who knows but it might be a part of Fairyland | A |
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| Because there are churches of ice and houses glittering like glass | B |
| And for scenic grandeur there's nothing can it surpass | B |
| Besides there's monuments and spires also ruins | C |
| Which serve for a safe retreat from the wild bruins | D |
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| And there's icy crags and precipices also beautiful waterfalls | E |
| And as the stranger gazes thereon his heart it appals | E |
| With a mixture of wonder fear and delight | F |
| Till at last he exclaims Oh what a wonderful sight | F |
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| The icy mountains they're higher than a brig's topmast | F |
| And the stranger in amazement stands aghast | F |
| As he beholds the water flowing off the melted ice | E |
| Adown the mountain sides that he cries out Oh how nice | E |
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| Such sights as these are truly magnificent to be seen | G |
| Only that the mountain tops are white instead of green | G |
| And rents and caverns in them the same as on a rugged mountain side | F |
| And suitable places in my opinion for mermaids to reside | F |
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| Sometimes these icy mountains suddenly topple o'er | H |
| With a wild and rumbling hollow starting roar | I |
| And new peaks and cliffs rise up out of the sea | E |
| While great cataracts of uplifted brine pour down furiously | E |
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| And those that can witness such an awful sight | F |
| Can only gaze thereon in solemn silence and delight | F |
| And the most Godfearless man that hath this region trod | F |
| Would be forced to recognise the power and majesty of God | F |
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| Oh how awful and grand it must be on a sunshiny day | F |
| To see one of these icy mountains in pieces give way | F |
| While crack after crack it falls with a mighty crash | J |
| Flat upon the sea with a fearful splash | J |
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| And in the breaking up of these mountains they roar like thunder | H |
| Which causes the stranger no doubt to wonder | H |
| Also the Esquimaux of Greenland betimes will stand | F |
| And gaze on the wondrous work of the Almighty so grand | F |
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| When these icy mountains are falling the report is like big guns | E |
| And the glittering brilliancy of them causes mock suns | E |
| And around them there's connected a beautiful ring of light | F |
| And as the stranger looks thereon it fills his heart with delight | F |
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| Oh think on the danger of seafaring men | K |
| If any of these mighty mountains where falling on them | L |
| Alas they would be killed ere the hand of man could them save | M |
| And poor creatures very likely find a watery grave | M |
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| 'Tis most beautiful to see and hear the whales whistling and blowing | N |
| And the sailors in their small boats quickly after them rowing | N |
| While the whales keep lashing the water all their might | F |
| With their mighty tails left and right | F |
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| In winter there's no sunlight there night or day | F |
| Which no doubt will cause the time to pass tediously away | F |
| And cause the Esquimaux to long for the light of day | F |
| So as they will get basking themselves in the sun's bright array | F |
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| In summer there is perpetual sunlight | F |
| Which fill the Esquimaux's hearts with delight | F |
| And is seen every day and night in the blue sky | O |
| Which makes the scenery appear most beautiful to the eye | O |
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| During summer and winter there the land is covered with snow | P |
| Which sometimes must fill the Esquimaux' hearts with woe | P |
| As they traverse fields of ice ten or fifteen feet thick | Q |
| And with cold no doubt their hearts will be touched to the quick | Q |
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| And let those that read or hear this feel thankful to God | F |
| That the icy fields of Greenland they have never trod | F |
| Especially while seated around the fireside on a cold winter night | F |
| Let them think of the cold and hardships Greenland sailors have to fight | F |
William Topaz Mcgonagall
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