Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude Iv. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCADEDDEFFGGH IJIJIEEIKKLLMBBB BNBNOBB| When the long murmur of applause | A |
| That greeted the Musician's lay | B |
| Had slowly buzzed itself away | B |
| And the long talk of Spectre Ships | C |
| That followed died upon their lips | C |
| And came unto a natural pause | A |
| 'These tales you tell are one and all | D |
| Of the Old World ' the Poet said | E |
| 'Flowers gathered from a crumbling wall | D |
| Dead leaves that rustle as they fall | D |
| Let me present you in their stead | E |
| Something of our New England earth | F |
| A tale which though of no great worth | F |
| Has still this merit that it yields | G |
| A certain freshness of the fields | G |
| A sweetness as of home made bread ' | H |
| - | |
| The Student answered 'Be discreet | I |
| For if the flour be fresh and sound | J |
| And if the bread be light and sweet | I |
| Who careth in what mill 't was ground | J |
| Or of what oven felt the heat | I |
| Unless as old Cervantes said | E |
| You are looking after better bread | E |
| Than any that is made of wheat | I |
| You know that people nowadays | K |
| To what is old give little praise | K |
| All must be new in prose and verse | L |
| They want hot bread or something worse | L |
| Fresh every morning and half baked | M |
| The wholesome bread of yesterday | B |
| Too stale for them is thrown away | B |
| Nor is their thirst with water slaked | B |
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| As oft we see the sky in May | B |
| Threaten to rain and yet not rain | N |
| The Poet's face before so gay | B |
| Was clouded with a look of pain | N |
| But suddenly brightened up again | O |
| And without further let or stay | B |
| He told his tale of yesterday | B |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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