A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.m. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEFGDAHIDJKL MNOPQPBQ RBDRQ| They have watered the street | A |
| It shines in the glare of lamps | B |
| Cold white lamps | B |
| And lies | C |
| Like a slow moving river | D |
| Barred with silver and black | E |
| Cabs go down it | F |
| One | G |
| And then another | D |
| Between them I hear the shuffling of feet | A |
| Tramps doze on the window ledges | H |
| Night walkers pass along the sidewalks | I |
| The city is squalid and sinister | D |
| With the silver barred street in the midst | J |
| Slow moving | K |
| A river leading nowhere | L |
| - | |
| Opposite my window | M |
| The moon cuts | N |
| Clear and round | O |
| Through the plum coloured night | P |
| She cannot light the city | Q |
| It is too bright | P |
| It has white lamps | B |
| And glitters coldly | Q |
| - | |
| I stand in the window and watch the moon | R |
| She is thin and lustreless | B |
| But I love her | D |
| I know the moon | R |
| And this is an alien city | Q |
Amy Lowell
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