Thompson-s Lunch Room-grand Central Station Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIJKLDMENOPQ RSTSTETTTTTTTEEUKVES WXJTS| STUDY IN WHITES | A |
| Wax white | B |
| Floor ceiling walls | C |
| Ivory shadows | D |
| Over the pavement | E |
| Polished to cream surfaces | F |
| By constant sweeping | G |
| The big room is coloured like the petals | H |
| Of a great magnolia | I |
| And has a patina | I |
| Of flower bloom | J |
| Which makes it shine dimly | K |
| Under the electric lamps | L |
| Chairs are ranged in rows | D |
| Like sepia seeds | M |
| Waiting fulfilment | E |
| The chalk white spot of a cook s cap | N |
| Moves unglossily against the vaguely bright wall | O |
| Dull chalk white striking the retina like a blow | P |
| Thru the wavering uncertainty of steam | Q |
| Vitreous white of glasses with green reflections | R |
| Ice green carboys shifting greener bluer with the jar of moving water | S |
| Jagged green white bowls of pressed glass | T |
| Rearing snow peaks of chipped sugar | S |
| Above the lighthouse shaped castors | T |
| Of grey pepper and grey white salt | E |
| Grey white placards Oyster Stew Cornbeef Hash Frankfurters | T |
| Marble slabs veined with words in meandering lines | T |
| Dropping on the white counter like horn notes | T |
| Through a web of violins | T |
| The flat yellow lights of oranges | T |
| The cube red splashes of apples | T |
| In high plated pergnes | T |
| The electric clock jerks every half minute | E |
| Coming Past | E |
| Three beef steaks and a chicken pie | U |
| Bawled through a slide while the clock jerks heavily | K |
| A man carries a china mug of coffee to a distant chair | V |
| Two rice puddings and a salmon salad | E |
| Are pushed over the counter | S |
| The unfulfilled chairs open to receive them | W |
| A spoon falls upon the floor with the impact of metal striking stone | X |
| And the sound throws across the room | J |
| Sharp invisible zigzags | T |
| Of silver | S |
Amy Lowell
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