Genoa Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADED FGAGFHCH AIJIAKKK ALMLNDED OPQPRDED| A long farewell to Genoa | A |
| That rises to the skies | B |
| Where the barren coast of Italy | C |
| Like our own coastline lies | B |
| A sad farewell to Genoa | A |
| And long my heart shall grieve | D |
| The only city in the world | E |
| That I was loath to leave | D |
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| No sign of rush or strife is there | F |
| No war of greed they wage | G |
| The deep cool streets of Genoa | A |
| Are rock like in their age | G |
| No garish signs of commerce there | F |
| Are flaunting in the sun | H |
| A rag hung from a balcony | C |
| Is by an artist done | H |
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| And she was fair in Genoa | A |
| And she was very kind | I |
| Those pale blind seeming eyes that seem | J |
| Most beautifully blind | I |
| Oh they are sad in Genoa | A |
| Those poor soiled singing birds | K |
| I had but three Italian words | K |
| And she three English words | K |
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| But love is cheap in Genoa | A |
| Aye love and wine are cheap | L |
| And neither leaves an aching head | M |
| Nor cuts the heart too deep | L |
| Save when the knife goes straight and then | N |
| There s little time to grieve | D |
| The only city in the world | E |
| That I was loath to leave | D |
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| I ve said farewell to tinted days | O |
| And glorious starry nights | P |
| I ve said farewell to Naples with | Q |
| Her long straight lines of lights | P |
| But it is not for Naples but | R |
| For Genoa that I grieve | D |
| The only city in the world | E |
| That I was loath to leave | D |
Henry Lawson
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