The Night-fire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| No engines shrieking rescue storm the night | A |
| And hose and hydrant cannot here avail | B |
| The flames laugh high and fling their challenging light | A |
| And clouds turn gray and black from silver pale | B |
| The fire leaps out and licks the ancient walls | C |
| And the big building bends and twists and groans | D |
| A bar drops from its place a rafter falls | C |
| Burning the flowers The wind in frenzy moans | D |
| The watchers gaze held wondering by the fire | E |
| The dwellers cry their sorrow to the crowd | F |
| The flames beyond themselves rise higher higher | E |
| To lose their glory in the frowning cloud | F |
| Yielding at length the last reluctant breath | G |
| And where life lay asleep broods darkly death | G |
Claude Mckay
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