An Opera House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHFIJKLGFMNOGG GPOGOQRSTUOVWOXYZTOA 2B2| Within the gold square of the proscenium arch | A |
| A curtain of orange velvet hangs in stiff folds | B |
| Its tassels jarring slightly when someone crosses the stage behind | C |
| Gold carving edges the balconies | D |
| Rims the boxes | E |
| Runs up and down fluted pillars | F |
| Little knife stabs of gold | G |
| Shine out whenever a box door is opened | H |
| Gold clusters | F |
| Flash in soft explosions | I |
| On the blue darkness | J |
| Suck back to a point | K |
| And disappear | L |
| Hoops of gold | G |
| Circle necks wrists fingers | F |
| Pierce ears | M |
| Poise on heads | N |
| And fly up above them in coloured sparkles | O |
| Gold | G |
| Gold | G |
| The opera house is a treasure box of gold | G |
| Gold in a broad smear across the orchestra pit | P |
| Gold of horns trumpets tubas | O |
| Gold spun gold twittering gold snapping gold | G |
| Of harps | O |
| The conductor raises his baton | Q |
| The brass blares out | R |
| Crass crude | S |
| Parvenu fat powerful | T |
| Golden | U |
| Rich as the fat clapping hands in the boxes | O |
| Cymbals gigantic coin shaped | V |
| Crash | W |
| The orange curtain parts | O |
| And the prima donna steps forward | X |
| One note | Y |
| A drop transparent iridescent | Z |
| A gold bubble | T |
| It floats floats | O |
| And bursts against the lips of a bank president | A2 |
| In the grand tier | B2 |
Amy Lowell
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