The Road To Avignon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEEF GGHHIIDDEEEF GGAAJJDDEEEF KKLLMMDDEEEF NNOODDDDEEEF| A Minstrel stands on a marble stair | A |
| Blown by the bright wind debonair | A |
| Below lies the sea a sapphire floor | B |
| Above on the terrace a turret door | B |
| Frames a lady listless and wan | C |
| But fair for the eye to rest upon | C |
| The minstrel plucks at his silver strings | D |
| And looking up to the lady sings | D |
| Down the road to Avignon | E |
| The long long road to Avignon | E |
| Across the bridge to Avignon | E |
| One morning in the spring | F |
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| The octagon tower casts a shade | G |
| Cool and gray like a cutlass blade | G |
| In sun baked vines the cicalas spin | H |
| The little green lizards run out and in | H |
| A sail dips over the ocean's rim | I |
| And bubbles rise to the fountain's brim | I |
| The minstrel touches his silver strings | D |
| And gazing up to the lady sings | D |
| Down the road to Avignon | E |
| The long long road to Avignon | E |
| Across the bridge to Avignon | E |
| One morning in the spring | F |
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| Slowly she walks to the balustrade | G |
| Idly notes how the blossoms fade | G |
| In the sun's caress then crosses where | A |
| The shadow shelters a carven chair | A |
| Within its curve supine she lies | J |
| And wearily closes her tired eyes | J |
| The minstrel beseeches his silver strings | D |
| And holding the lady spellbound sings | D |
| Down the road to Avignon | E |
| The long long road to Avignon | E |
| Across the bridge to Avignon | E |
| One morning in the spring | F |
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| Clouds sail over the distant trees | K |
| Petals are shaken down by the breeze | K |
| They fall on the terrace tiles like snow | L |
| The sighing of waves sounds far below | L |
| A humming bird kisses the lips of a rose | M |
| Then laden with honey and love he goes | M |
| The minstrel woos with his silver strings | D |
| And climbing up to the lady sings | D |
| Down the road to Avignon | E |
| The long long road to Avignon | E |
| Across the bridge to Avignon | E |
| One morning in the spring | F |
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| Step by step and he comes to her | N |
| Fearful lest she suddenly stir | N |
| Sunshine and silence and each to each | O |
| The lute and his singing their only speech | O |
| He leans above her her eyes unclose | D |
| The humming bird enters another rose | D |
| The minstrel hushes his silver strings | D |
| Hark The beating of humming birds' wings | D |
| Down the road to Avignon | E |
| The long long road to Avignon | E |
| Across the bridge to Avignon | E |
| One morning in the spring | F |
Amy Lowell
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