Venice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBACDECDF| White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest | A |
| So wonderfully built among the reeds | B |
| Of the lagoon that fences thee and feeds | B |
| As sayeth thy old historian and thy guest | A |
| White water lily cradled and caressed | A |
| By ocean streams and from the silt and weeds | B |
| Lifting thy golden filaments and seeds | B |
| Thy sun illumined spires thy crown and crest | A |
| White phantom city whose untrodden streets | C |
| Are rivers and whose pavements are the shifting | D |
| Shadows of palaces and strips of sky | E |
| I wait to see thee vanish like the fleets | C |
| Seen in mirage or towers of cloud uplifting | D |
| In air their unsubstantial masonry | F |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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