The Venetian Gondolier Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MBMJ| Here rest the weary oar soft airs | A |
| Breathe out in the o'erarching sky | B |
| And Night sweet Night serenely wears | A |
| A smile of peace her noon is nigh | B |
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| Where the tall fir in quiet stands | C |
| And waves embracing the chaste shores | D |
| Move o'er sea shells and bright sands | C |
| Is heard the sound of dipping oars | D |
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| Swift o'er the wave the light bark springs | E |
| Love's midnight hour draws lingering near | F |
| And list his tuneful viol strings | E |
| The young Venetian Gondolier | F |
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| Lo on the silver mirrored deep | G |
| On earth and her embosomed lakes | H |
| And where the silent rivers sweep | G |
| From the thin cloud fair moonlight breaks | H |
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| Soft music breathes around and dies | I |
| On the calm bosom of the sea | J |
| Whilst in her cell the novice sighs | I |
| Her vespers to her rosary | J |
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| At their dim altars bow fair forms | K |
| In tender charity for those | L |
| That helpless left to life's rude storms | K |
| Have never found this calm repose | L |
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| The bell swings to its midnight chime | M |
| Relieved against the deep blue sky | B |
| Haste dip the oar again 'tis time | M |
| To seek Genevra's balcony | J |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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