The Fallen Spire [a Flemish Village] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHGH IJAJ| THE spire is gone that slept for centuries | A |
| Mirrored among the lilies calm and low | B |
| And now the water holds but empty skies | C |
| Through which the rivers of the thunder flow | B |
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| The church lies broken near the fallen spire | D |
| For here among these old and human things | E |
| Death sweeps along the street with feet of fire | F |
| And goes upon his way with moaning wings | E |
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| On pavements by the kneeling herdsmen worn | G |
| The drifting fleeces of the shells are rolled | H |
| Above the Saints a village Christ forlorn | G |
| Wounded again looks down upon his fold | H |
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| And silence follows fast no evening peace | I |
| But leaden stillness when the thunder wanes | J |
| Haunting the slender branches of the trees | A |
| And settling low upon the listless plains | J |
Herbert Asquith
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