The Tropics In New York Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CCCC CDCD| Bananas ripe and green and ginger root | A |
| Cocoa in pods and alligator pears | B |
| And tangerines and mangoes and grape fruit | A |
| Fit for the highest prize at parish fairs | B |
| - | |
| Set in the window bringing memories | C |
| Of fruit trees laden by low singing rills | C |
| And dewy dawns and mystical blue skies | C |
| In benediction over nun like hills | C |
| - | |
| My eyes grew dim and I could no more gaze | C |
| A wave of longing through my body swept | D |
| And hungry for the old familiar ways | C |
| I turned aside and bowed my head and wept | D |
Claude Mckay
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