The Captured Goddess Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDE FGAH AAAAI JEKAAAAGAALA MKMNAOPQ MOEA R SKA| Over the housetops | A |
| Above the rotating chimney pots | A |
| I have seen a shiver of amethyst | B |
| And blue and cinnamon have flickered | C |
| A moment | D |
| At the far end of a dusty street | E |
| - | |
| Through sheeted rain | F |
| Has come a lustre of crimson | G |
| And I have watched moonbeams | A |
| Hushed by a film of palest green | H |
| - | |
| It was her wings | A |
| Goddess | A |
| Who stepped over the clouds | A |
| And laid her rainbow feathers | A |
| Aslant on the currents of the air | I |
| - | |
| I followed her for long | J |
| With gazing eyes and stumbling feet | E |
| I cared not where she led me | K |
| My eyes were full of colours | A |
| Saffrons rubies the yellows of beryls | A |
| And the indigo blue of quartz | A |
| Flights of rose layers of chrysoprase | A |
| Points of orange spirals of vermilion | G |
| The spotted gold of tiger lily petals | A |
| The loud pink of bursting hydrangeas | A |
| I followed | L |
| And watched for the flashing of her wings | A |
| - | |
| In the city I found her | M |
| The narrow streeted city | K |
| In the market place I came upon her | M |
| Bound and trembling | N |
| Her fluted wings were fastened to her sides with cords | A |
| She was naked and cold | O |
| For that day the wind blew | P |
| Without sunshine | Q |
| - | |
| Men chaffered for her | M |
| They bargained in silver and gold | O |
| In copper in wheat | E |
| And called their bids across the market place | A |
| - | |
| The Goddess wept | R |
| - | |
| Hiding my face I fled | S |
| And the grey wind hissed behind me | K |
| Along the narrow streets | A |
Amy Lowell
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