The Old Bridge At Florence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECDE| Taddeo Gaddi built me I am old | A |
| Five centuries old I plant my foot of stone | B |
| Upon the Arno as St Michael's own | B |
| Was planted on the dragon Fold by fold | A |
| Beneath me as it struggles I behold | A |
| Its glistening scales Twice hath it overthrown | B |
| My kindred and companions Me alone | B |
| It moveth not but is by me controlled | A |
| I can remember when the Medici | C |
| Were driven from Florence longer still ago | D |
| The final wars of Ghibelline and Guelf | E |
| Florence adorns me with her jewelry | C |
| And when I think that Michael Angelo | D |
| Hath leaned on me I glory in myself | E |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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