January In The Tremezzina Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBBCC DDDEEEFF BBBGGGHH AAAIIIJJ KKKGGGLL| Day by day | A |
| As if in May | A |
| We sail Azzano's beautiful bay | A |
| High and low | B |
| The mountains show | B |
| Luminous fields of stainless snow | B |
| But the air is soft and the sun is warm | C |
| And the lake is free from wind and storm | C |
| - | |
| Far and nigh | D |
| Deep and high | D |
| The Alps invade both lake and sky | D |
| Base to base | E |
| Their forms we trace | E |
| These in water those in space | E |
| Duplicate peaks on single shores | F |
| As shadow sinks and substance soars | F |
| - | |
| To and fro | B |
| We idly go | B |
| Bidding our oarsmen lightly row | B |
| Here and there | G |
| Halting where | G |
| The vision seems supremely fair | G |
| Happy to let our little boat | H |
| In a flood of opaline splendor float | H |
| - | |
| Far away | A |
| Seems to day | A |
| The clamorous world of work and play | A |
| Ours indeed | I |
| A different creed | I |
| From that of the modern god of Speed | I |
| Whose converts suffer such grievous waste | J |
| In strenuous labor and feverish haste | J |
| - | |
| East or west | K |
| A tranquil nest | K |
| When curfew rings is always best | K |
| A landscape fair | G |
| A volume rare | G |
| And a kindred heart one's peace to share | G |
| What is there better from life to take | L |
| In a sweet retreat on the Larian lake | L |
John L. Stoddard
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