The Inchcape Rock
The waves flow'd over the Inchcape Rock;" - the ships are left clueless about the Rock that awaits,
to tear them apart, under the clam surface. The mood immediately changes with this stanza. The
word "shock" has an ominous under-tone, which gives the reader a hint of the future horrors, which
are going to happen near the rock.
In the third stanza we are explained how the Bell came to be there, where it now stands. The
Abbot of Aberbrothok put it there, on a buoy near the Rock to warn ships of the hidden danger.
During a storm the buoy swings and the Bell rings, by doing so, alerts the ships of nearby peril.
The fourth stanza is pretty much the same as the third one, just written in different words. It
says that although the Rock is hidden beneath the waves, sailors are able to hear the warning bell,
can avoid the Inchcape Rock and thank the Abbot of Aberbrothok for putting the bell there.
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