Columbus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCDEECD FFFGHIFG JJKLMMKL FFNOPPNQ| TH OCTOBER | A |
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| From his adventurous prime | B |
| He dreamed the dream sublime | B |
| Over his wandering youth | C |
| It hung a beckoning star | D |
| At last the vision fled | E |
| And left him in its stead | E |
| The scarce sublimer truth | C |
| The world he found afar | D |
| - | |
| The scattered isles that stand | F |
| Warding the mightier land | F |
| Yielded their maidenhood | F |
| To his imperious prow | G |
| The mainland within call | H |
| Lay vast and virginal | I |
| In its blue porch he stood | F |
| No more did fate allow | G |
| - | |
| No more but ah how much | J |
| To be the first to touch | J |
| The veriest azure hem | K |
| Of that majestic robe | L |
| Lord of the lordly sea | M |
| Earth's mightiest sailor he | M |
| Great Captain among them | K |
| The captors of the globe | L |
| - | |
| When shall the world forget | F |
| Thy glory and our debt | F |
| Indomitable soul | N |
| Immortal Genoese | O |
| Not while the shrewd salt gale | P |
| Whines amid shroud and sail | P |
| Above the rhythmic roll | N |
| And thunder of the seas | Q |
William Watson
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