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I think that the speaker is intending to show us how more modern cargo ships carry more useful cargo cargoes compared to the older cargo ships even though in away they carry things that seem to be less precious and have less appeal. The speaker tells us how the quinquireme boat carried things such as; apes, peacocks and sweet white wine, which where luxurious items for perhaps pleasure. Where as the Spanish galleon carries things like; emeralds, gold and cinnamon, which, still quite appealing where probably traded or sold to buy more useful things. Lastly the speaker talks about the British coaster that carried things like; Tyne coal, fire wood and tin trays, which are not appealing but are necessities and probably more use full than white wine or amethysts which the other two ships carried

John used repetition to keep the stanzas connected to each other by begging the third line on each stanza with ‘with a cargo of' followed by a list of the ships cargo. He illustrated hi poem......

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