The House-top Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDEFGAHIJKCLMNOPQNRS TUVWXYZA2B2C2D2E2F2G 2| July | A |
| A Night Piece | B |
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| No sleep The sultriness pervades the air | C |
| And binds the brain a dense oppression such | D |
| As tawny tigers feel in matted shades | E |
| Vexing their blood and making apt for ravage | F |
| Beneath the stars the roofy desert spreads | G |
| Vacant as Libya All is hushed near by | A |
| Yet fitfully from far breaks a mixed surf | H |
| Of muffled sound the Atheist roar of riot | I |
| Yonder where parching Sirius set in drought | J |
| Balefully glares red Arson there and | K |
| there | C |
| The Town is taken by its rats ship rats | L |
| And rats of the wharves All civil charms | M |
| And priestly spells which late held hearts in | N |
| awe | O |
| Fear bound subjected to a better sway | P |
| Than sway of self these like a dream dissolve | Q |
| And man rebounds whole aeons back in | N |
| nature | R |
| Hail to the low dull rumble dull and dead | S |
| And ponderous drag that shakes the wall | T |
| Wise Draco comes deep in the midnight roll | U |
| Of black artillery he comes though late | V |
| In code corroborating Calvin's creed | W |
| And cynic tyrannies of honest kings | X |
| He comes nor parlies and the Town | Y |
| redeemed | Z |
| Gives thanks devout nor being thankful | A2 |
| heeds | B2 |
| The grimy slur on the Republic's faith | C2 |
| implied | D2 |
| Which holds that Man is naturally good | E2 |
| And more is Nature's Roman never to be | F2 |
| scourged | G2 |
Herman Melville
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