El Manolo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFEG HIHJ KLKM ANAO| In the still dark shade of the palace wall | A |
| Where the peacocks strut | B |
| Where the queen may have heard my madrigal | C |
| Together we sat | D |
| - | |
| My sombrero hid the fire in my eyes | E |
| And shaded her own | F |
| This serge cloak stifled her sweet little cries | E |
| When I kissed her mouth | G |
| - | |
| The pale olive trees on the distant plain | H |
| The jagged blue rocks | I |
| The vaporous sea like mountain chain | H |
| Dropped into the night | J |
| - | |
| We saw the lights in the palace flare | K |
| The musicians played | L |
| The red guards slashed and sabred the stair | K |
| And cursed the old king | M |
| - | |
| In the long black shade of the palace wall | A |
| We sat the night through | N |
| Under my cloak but I cannot tell all | A |
| The queen may have seen | O |
Elizabeth Stoddard
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