From The Bridge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHAH IJKJ LMGM NOPO QRSR GTQF| Held and thrilled by the vision | A |
| I stood as the twilight died | B |
| Where the great bridge soars like a song | C |
| Over the crawling tide | B |
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| Stood on the middle arch | D |
| And night flooded in from the bay | E |
| And wonderful under the stars | F |
| Before me the city lay | E |
| - | |
| Girdled with swinging waters | G |
| Guarded by ship on ship | H |
| A gem that the strong old ocean | A |
| Held in his giant grip | H |
| - | |
| There was play of shadows above | I |
| And drifting gleams below | J |
| And magic of shifting waves | K |
| That darkle and glance and glow | J |
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| Dusky and purple and splendid | L |
| Banded with loops of light | M |
| The tall towers rose like pillars | G |
| Lifting the dome of night | M |
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| The gliding cars of traffic | N |
| Slid swiftly up and down | O |
| Like monsters fiery mailed | P |
| Leaping across the town | O |
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| Not planned with a thought of beauty | Q |
| Built by a lawless breed | R |
| Builded of lust for power | S |
| Builded of gold and greed | R |
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| Risen out of the trader's | G |
| Brutal and sordid wars | T |
| And yet behold a city | Q |
| Wonderful under the stars | F |
Don Marquis
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