The Burgomeister's Well Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDAEA FGHGFIJK LMNMOPQP RSTTUFFF TTITFVFVFMTM| A peaceful spot a little street | A |
| So still between the double roar | B |
| Of sea and city that it seemed | C |
| A rest in music set before | B |
| Some clashing chords vibrating yet | D |
| With hurried measures fast and sweet | A |
| For so the harsh chords of the town | E |
| And so the ocean's rythmic beat | A |
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| A little street with linden trees | F |
| So thickly set the belfry's face | G |
| Was leaf veiled while above them pierced | H |
| Four slender spires flamboyant grace | G |
| Old porches carven when the trees | F |
| Were seedlings yellow in the sun | I |
| Five hundred years ago that bright | J |
| Upon the quaint old city shone | K |
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| A fountain prim and richly cut | L |
| In ruddy granite carved to tell | M |
| How a good burgomeister rear'd | N |
| The stone above the people's well | M |
| A sea horse from his nostrils blew | O |
| Two silver threads a dragon's lip | P |
| Dropp'd di'monds and a giant hand | Q |
| Held high an urn on finger tip | P |
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| 'Twas there I met my little maid | R |
| There saw her flaxen tresses first | S |
| She filled the cup for one who lean'd | T |
| A soldier crippl'd and athirst | T |
| Against the basin's carven rim | U |
| Her dear small hand's white loveliness | F |
| Was pinkly flush'd the gay bright drops | F |
| Plash'd on her brow and silken dress | F |
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| I took the flagon from her hand | T |
| Too small dear hand for such a weight | T |
| From cobweb weft and woof is spun | I |
| The tapestry of Life and Fate | T |
| The linden trees had gilded buds | F |
| The dove wheeled high on joyous wing | V |
| When on that darling hand of hers | F |
| I slipped the glimmer of a ring | V |
| Ah golden heart and golden locks | F |
| Ye wove so sweet so sure a spell | M |
| That quiet day I saw her first | T |
| Beside the Burgomeister's Well | M |
Isabella Valancy Crawford
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