On The Steamer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG HIJK LMLN OPQP RSQT QUUU VWXW ABCB UYZY| The stir of leaves the chilly morning air | A |
| Were like delirium half awake | B |
| Jaws clamped the dawn beyond the Kama glared | C |
| Blue as the plumage of a drake | B |
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| There was a clattering of crockery | D |
| A yawning steward taking stock | E |
| And in the depth as high as candlesticks | F |
| Within the river glow worms flocked | G |
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| They hung from streets along the waterfront | H |
| A scintillating string it chimed | I |
| Three times the steward with a napkin tried | J |
| To scratch away some candle grime | K |
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| Like a grey rumour crawling from the past | L |
| A mighty epic of the reeds | M |
| With ripples in the beads of street lamps fast | L |
| Towards Perm the Kama ran upon a breeze | N |
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| Choking on waves and almost drowning but | O |
| Still swimming on beyond the boat | P |
| A star kept diving and resurfacing | Q |
| An icon's shining light afloat | P |
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| A smell of paint mixed with the galley smells | R |
| And on the Kama all along | S |
| The twilight drifted secrets gathering | Q |
| With not a splash it drifted on | T |
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| A glass in hand your pupils narrowing | Q |
| You watched the slips of tongue perform | U |
| A whirling play on words at suppertime | U |
| But were not drawn into their swarm | U |
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| You called your partner to old happenings | V |
| To waves of days before your day | W |
| To plunge in them a final residue | X |
| Of the last drop and fade away | W |
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| The stir of leaves in chilly morning air | A |
| Was like delirium half awake | B |
| One yawned the east beyond the Kama glared | C |
| Blue as the plumage of a drake | B |
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| And like a bloodbath now the morning came | U |
| A flaming flood of oil to drown | Y |
| The steamer's gaslights in the stateroom and | Z |
| The waning street lamps of the town | Y |
Boris Pasternak
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