Thompson-s Lunch Room-grand Central Station Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIIJKLDMENOPQ RSTSTETTTTTTTEEUKVES WXJTSSTUDY 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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