View Of The Capitol From The Library Of Congress Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCB DEFE GHGG IJJKK LMNO| Moving from left to left the light | A |
| is heavy on the Dome and coarse | B |
| One small lunette turns it aside | C |
| and blankly stares off to the side | C |
| like a big white old wall eyed horse | B |
| - | |
| On the east steps the Air Force Band | D |
| in uniforms of Air Force blue | E |
| is playing hard and loud but queer | F |
| the music doesn't quite come through | E |
| - | |
| It comes in snatches dim then keen | G |
| then mute and yet there is no breeze | H |
| The giant trees stand in between | G |
| I think the trees must intervene | G |
| - | |
| catching the music in their leaves | I |
| like gold dust till each big leaf sags | J |
| Unceasingly the little flags | J |
| feed their limp stripes into the air | K |
| and the band's efforts vanish there | K |
| - | |
| Great shades edge over | L |
| give the music room | M |
| The gathered brasses want to bo | N |
| i boom boom i | O |
Elizabeth Bishop
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