Street Light Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDED FGHGIG JKLKMK| The shine of many city streets | A |
| Confuses any countryman | B |
| It flickers here and flashes there | C |
| It goes as soon as it began | D |
| It beckons many ways at once | E |
| For him to follow if he can | D |
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| Under the lamp a woman stands | F |
| The lamps are shining equal well | G |
| But in her eyes are other lights | H |
| And lights plus other lights will tell | G |
| He loves the brightness of that street | I |
| Which is the shining street to hell | G |
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| There's light enough and strong enough | J |
| To lighten every pleasant park | K |
| I'm sorry lights are held so cheap | L |
| I'd rather there were not a spark | K |
| Than choose those shining ways for joy | M |
| And have them lead me into dark | K |
John Crowe Ransom
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