What are the rhyming words in the poem pirate story by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The poem Pirate Story by Robert Louis Stevenson is written in the rhyme scheme of abab.
The following sets of rhyming words occur in the given poem :-
- swing, spring
- lea, sea
- afloat, boat
- star, Malabar
- sea, be
- roar, shoar
The abab rhyme scheme allows a poem to obtain a mellifluous tone which has a sing-song essence in it.
Pirate Story
'Pirate Story' was composed by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The poem is given below:
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,
Three of us aboard in the basket on the lea.
Winds are in the air, they are blowing in the spring,
And waves are on the meadow like the waves there are at sea.
Where shall we adventure, to-day that we’re afloat,
Wary of the weather and steering by a star?
Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat,
To Providence, or Babylon, or off to Malabar?
Hi! but here’s a squadron a-rowing on the sea—
Cattle on the meadow a-charging with a roar!
Quick, and we’ll escape them, they’re as mad as they can be,
The wicket is the harbour and the garden is the shore.
The rhyming words are mentioned below:
- Swing --- spring = a
- Lea --- sea = b
- Afloat --- boat = a
- Star --- malabar = b
- Sea --- be = a
- Roar --- shore = b
The poem is composed in the rhyme scheme of 'abab'.