Alma Mater Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CCDEDFGHGHII JKJKCCLL MMMN| A haunted town thou art to me | A |
| Andrew Lang | B |
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| To day in Florence all the air | C |
| Is soft with spring with sunlight fair | C |
| In the tall street gay folks are met | D |
| Duomo and Tower gleam overhead | E |
| Like jewels in the city set | D |
| Fair hued and many faceted | F |
| Against the old grey stones are piled | G |
| February violets pale and sweet | H |
| Whose scent of earth in woodland wild | G |
| Is wafted up and down the street | H |
| The city's heart is glad my own | I |
| Sits lightly on its bosom's throne | I |
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| Why is it that I see to day | J |
| Imaged as clear as in a dream | K |
| A little city far away | J |
| A churlish sky a sluggish stream | K |
| Tall clust'ring trees and gardens fair | C |
| Dark birds that circle in the air | C |
| Grey towers and fanes on either hand | L |
| Stretches of wind swept meadow land | L |
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| Oh who can sound the human breast | M |
| And this strange truth must be confessed | M |
| That city do I love the best | M |
| Wherein my heart was heaviest | N |
Amy Levy
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