... a strong rhyme scheme of AABB. This regular rhyme scheme is self-completing and adds to the feeling of the Indian woman's resignation. Heman uses stress and rhythm, reinforced by punctuation and alliteration to add to the power of the verse and the images created by her descriptive use of language. She has created a powerful rhythm to resemble the flow of water that the Indian woman is sailing on. By adding 's' in and at the end of the words in each verse she fashions an echoing soft 'ssh' sound which creates the imagery and sound of water. The repetition of the refrain of 'roll on, roll on,' repeated throughout the poem evokes the imagery of movement and adds to the whole meaning of the poem by the continuous advancement towards the inevitable death of the title. The narrator tells the story in stanzas one to six and then finishes the ...

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