Villanelle Of Change Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC ABA ABC ABA ABA ABAA| Since Persia fell at Marathon | A |
| The yellow years have gathered fast | B |
| Long centuries have come and gone | C |
| - | |
| And yet they say the place will don | A |
| A phantom fury of the past | B |
| Since Persia fell at Marathon | A |
| - | |
| And as of old when Helicon | A |
| Trembled and swayed with rapture vast | B |
| Long centuries have come and gone | C |
| - | |
| This ancient plain when night comes on | A |
| Shakes to a ghostly battle blast | B |
| Since Persia fell at Marathon | A |
| - | |
| But into soundless Acheron | A |
| The glory of Greek shame was cast | B |
| Long centuries have come and gone | A |
| - | |
| The suns of Hellas have all shone | A |
| The first has fallen to the last | B |
| Since Persia fell at Marathon | A |
| Long centuries have come and gone | A |
Edwin Arlington Robinson
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