1777 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B CDAEAFGHHI DHCJKLMNOPQNNRSTBUVW NBXYZDEA2B2A2C2D2 A N E2NF2E2BPNNNNCG2H2NF 2F2 I2FJ2K2A2L2NNGD2A2M2 FN2Y NO2 I2P2I2I2 CNQ2R2ND2S2T2R2BG2NI 2U2P2 E2I2NNNI2V2N2I2NNCP2 G2E2NNT2R2BN2I2W2I2N FBX2NNNI2CI2NNNNNI2R 2I2NE2BE2F2F2 NNQY2B2R2NI2NBNR2R2N NNZ2I2I2NF2F2E2BE2

IA
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The Trumpet Vine ArbourB
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The throats of the little red trumpet flowers are wide openC
And the clangour of brass beats against the hot sunlightD
They bray and blare at the burning skyA
Red Red Coarse notes of redE
Trumpeted at the blue skyA
In long streaks of sound molten metalF
The vine declares itselfG
Clang from its red and yellow trumpetsH
Clang from its long nasal trumpetsH
Splitting the sunlight into ribbons tattered and shot with noiseI
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I sit in the cool arbour in a green and gold twilightD
It is very still for I cannot hear the trumpetsH
I only know that they are red and openC
And that the sun above the arbour shakes with heatJ
My quill is newly mendedK
And makes fine drawn lines with its pointL
Down the long white paper it makes little linesM
Just lines up down criss crossN
My heart is strained out at the pin point of my quillO
It is thin and writhing like the marks of the penP
My hand marches to a squeaky tuneQ
It marches down the paper to a squealing of fifesN
My pen and the trumpet flowersN
And Washington's armies away over the smoke tree to the SouthwestR
'Yankee Doodle ' my Darling It is you against the BritishS
Marching in your ragged shoes to batter down King GeorgeT
What have you got in your hat Not a feather I wagerB
Just a hay straw for it is the harvest you are fighting forU
Hay in your hat and the whites of their eyes for a targetV
Like Bunker Hill two years ago when I watched all day from the house topW
Through Father's spy glassN
The red city and the blue bright waterB
And puffs of smoke which you madeX
Twenty miles awayY
Round by Cambridge or over the NeckZ
But the smoke was white whiteD
To day the trumpet flowers are red redE
And I cannot see you fightingA2
But old Mr Dimond has fled to CanadaB2
And Myra sings 'Yankee Doodle' at her milkingA2
The red throats of the trumpets bray and clang in the sunshineC2
And the smoke tree puffs dun blossoms into the blue airD2
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IIA
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The City of Falling LeavesN
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Leaves fallE2
Brown leavesN
Yellow leaves streaked with brownF2
They fallE2
FlutterB
Fall againP
The brown leavesN
And the streaked yellow leavesN
Loosen on their branchesN
And drift slowly downwardsN
OneC
One two threeG2
One two fiveH2
All Venice is a falling of Autumn leavesN
BrownF2
And yellow streaked with brownF2
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'That sonnet AbateI2
BeautifulF
I am quite exhausted by itJ2
Your phrases turn about my heartK2
And stifle me to swooningA2
Open the window I begL2
Lord What a strumming of fiddles and mandolinsN
'Tis really a shame to stop indoorsN
Call my maid or I will make you lace me yourselfG
Fie how hot it is not a breath of airD2
See how straight the leaves are fallingA2
Marianna I will have the yellow satin caught up with silver fringeM2
It peeps out delightfully from under a mantleF
Am I well painted to day caro Abate mio'N2
You will be proud of me at the Ridotto' heyY
Proud of being Cavalier Servente' to such a lady '-
'Can you doubt it Bellissima Contessa'N
A pinch more rouge on the right cheekO2
And Venus herself shines less '-
'You bore me AbateI2
I vow I must change youP2
A letter AchmetI2
Run and look out of the window AbateI2
I will read my letter in peace '-
The little black slave with the yellow satin turbanC
Gazes at his mistress with strained eyesN
His yellow turban and black skinQ2
Are gorgeous barbaricR2
The yellow satin dress with its silver flashingsN
Lies on a chairD2
Beside a black mantle and a black maskS2
Yellow and blackT2
Gorgeous barbaricR2
The lady reads her letterB
And the leaves drift slowlyG2
Past the long windowsN
'How silly you look my dear AbateI2
With that great brown leaf in your wigU2
Pluck it off I beg youP2
Or I shall die of laughing '-
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A yellow wallE2
Aflare in the sunlightI2
Chequered with shadowsN
Shadows of vine leavesN
Shadows of masksN
Masks coming printing themselves for an instantI2
Then passing onV2
More masks always replacing themN2
Masks with tricorns and rapiers sticking out behindI2
Pursuing masks with plumes and high heelsN
The sunlight shining under their instepsN
OneC
One twoP2
One two threeG2
There is a thronging of shadows on the hot wallE2
Filigreed at the top with moving leavesN
Yellow sunlight and black shadowsN
Yellow and blackT2
Gorgeous barbaricR2
Two masks stand togetherB
And the shadow of a leaf falls through themN2
Marking the wall where they are notI2
From hat tip to shoulder tipW2
From elbow to sword hiltI2
The leaf fallsN
The shadows mingleF
Blur togetherB
Slide along the wall and disappearX2
Gold of mosaics and candlesN
And night blackness lurking in the ceiling beamsN
Saint Mark's glitters with flames and reflectionsN
A cloak brushes asideI2
And the yellow of satinC
Licks out over the coloured inlays of the pavementI2
Under the gold crucifixesN
There is a meeting of handsN
Reaching from black mantlesN
Sighing embraces bold investigationsN
Hide in confessionalsN
Sheltered by the shuffling of feetI2
Gorgeous barbaricR2
In its mail of jewels and goldI2
Saint Mark's looks down at the swarm of black masksN
And outside in the palace gardens brown leaves fallE2
FlutterB
FallE2
BrownF2
And yellow streaked with brownF2
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Blue black the sky over VeniceN
With a pricking of yellow starsN
There is no moonQ
And the waves push darkly against the prowY2
Of the gondolaB2
Coming from MalamoccoR2
And streaming toward VeniceN
It is black under the gondola hoodI2
But the yellow of a satin dressN
Glares out like the eye of a watching tigerB
Yellow compassed about with darknessN
Yellow and blackR2
Gorgeous barbaricR2
The boatman singsN
It is Tasso that he singsN
The lovers seek each other beneath their mantlesN
And the gondola drifts over the lagoon aslant to the coming dawnZ2
But at Malamocco in frontI2
In Venice behindI2
Fall the leavesN
BrownF2
And yellow streaked with brownF2
They fallE2
FlutterB
FallE2

Amy Lowell



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