From The Bridge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHAH IJKJ LMGM NOPO QRSR GTQFHeld 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 |
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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 |
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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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