The Tower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAABCCCB DDDEFGGFGHHFG| He built a tower for all to see | A |
| With sun washed gardens planted wide | B |
| And there with pomp of pageantry | A |
| With men at arms and minstrelsy | A |
| And moonbeam ladies fair and free | A |
| He revelled in his pride | B |
| And there with soft prayers muttered slow | C |
| And wind blown candles burning low | C |
| And hooded mourners row on row | C |
| In pomp of peace he died | B |
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| Now time forgets how many a sun | D |
| Above the waste has risen and run | D |
| Since all the feasts were over and done | D |
| Yet still from rusty pinnacle | E |
| From cobwebbed pane and broken bell | F |
| A wind voice murmurs Here am I | G |
| 'Twas good to live and die | G |
| And good to rear these carved stones well | F |
| 'Twixt laboring earth and dreaming sky | G |
| And now 'tis good to watch and wait | H |
| While the slow centuries pass in state | H |
| And make old time my glory tell | F |
| To you who wander by | G |
Harriet Monroe
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