The City Of Falling Leaves Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEBBFGHIJBCC KLMNOPBBQROSLTUIBVBK WKKBHBXYBRZA2YDIBKB2 WO AKBBBKC2TKBBHWIABBA2 YDTKD2KBLDE2BBBKHKBB BBBKYKBADACC BBF2G2H2YBKBDBYYBBBI 2KKBCCADA

Leaves fallA
Brown leavesB
Yellow leaves streaked with brownC
They fallA
FlutterD
Fall againE
The brown leavesB
And the streaked yellow leavesB
Loosen on their branchesF
And drift slowly downwardsG
OneH
One two threeI
One two fiveJ
All Venice is a falling of Autumn leavesB
BrownC
And yellow streaked with brownC
-
That sonnet AbateK
BeautifulL
I am quite exhausted by itM
Your phrases turn about my heartN
And stifle me to swooningO
Open the window I begP
Lord What a strumming of fiddles and mandolinsB
'Tis really a shame to stop indoorsB
Call my maid or I will make you lace me yourselfQ
Fie how hot it is not a breath of airR
See how straight the leaves are fallingO
Marianna I will have the yellow satin caught up with silver fringeS
It peeps out delightfully from under a mantleL
Am I well painted to day 'caro Abate mio'T
You will be proud of me at the 'Ridotto' heyU
Proud of being 'Cavalier Servente' to such a ladyI
Can you doubt it 'Bellissima Contessa'B
A pinch more rouge on the right cheekV
And Venus herself shines lessB
You bore me AbateK
I vow I must change youW
A letter AchmetK
Run and look out of the window AbateK
I will read my letter in peaceB
The little black slave with the yellow satin turbanH
Gazes at his mistress with strained eyesB
His yellow turban and black skinX
Are gorgeous barbaricY
The yellow satin dress with its silver flashingsB
Lies on a chairR
Beside a black mantle and a black maskZ
Yellow and blackA2
Gorgeous barbaricY
The lady reads her letterD
And the leaves drift slowlyI
Past the long windowsB
How silly you look my dear AbateK
With that great brown leaf in your wigB2
Pluck it off I beg youW
Or I shall die of laughingO
-
A yellow wallA
Aflare in the sunlightK
Chequered with shadowsB
Shadows of vine leavesB
Shadows of masksB
Masks coming printing themselves for an instantK
Then passing onC2
More masks always replacing themT
Masks with tricorns and rapiers sticking out behindK
Pursuing masks with plumes and high heelsB
The sunlight shining under their instepsB
OneH
One twoW
One two threeI
There is a thronging of shadows on the hot wallA
Filigreed at the top with moving leavesB
Yellow sunlight and black shadowsB
Yellow and blackA2
Gorgeous barbaricY
Two masks stand togetherD
And the shadow of a leaf falls through themT
Marking the wall where they are notK
From hat tip to shoulder tipD2
From elbow to sword hiltK
The leaf fallsB
The shadows mingleL
Blur togetherD
Slide along the wall and disappearE2
Gold of mosaics and candlesB
And night blackness lurking in the ceiling beamsB
Saint Mark's glitters with flames and reflectionsB
A cloak brushes asideK
And the yellow of satinH
Licks out over the coloured inlays of the pavementK
Under the gold crucifixesB
There is a meeting of handsB
Reaching from black mantlesB
Sighing embraces bold investigationsB
Hide in confessionalsB
Sheltered by the shuffling of feetK
Gorgeous barbaricY
In its mail of jewels and goldK
Saint Mark's looks down at the swarm of black masksB
And outside in the palace gardens brown leaves fallA
FlutterD
FallA
BrownC
And yellow streaked with brownC
-
Blue black the sky over VeniceB
With a pricking of yellow starsB
There is no moonF2
And the waves push darkly against the prowG2
Of the gondolaH2
Coming from MalamoccoY
And streaming toward VeniceB
It is black under the gondola hoodK
But the yellow of a satin dressB
Glares out like the eye of a watching tigerD
Yellow compassed about with darknessB
Yellow and blackY
Gorgeous barbaricY
The boatman singsB
It is Tasso that he singsB
The lovers seek each other beneath their mantlesB
And the gondola drifts over the lagoon aslant to the coming dawnI2
But at Malamocco in frontK
In Venice behindK
Fall the leavesB
BrownC
And yellow streaked with brownC
They fallA
FlutterD
FallA

Amy Lowell



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