Moscow Carol Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDAFAFGHGHIAIA JAJAKLKLMMAANONOPQPQ ARASTUUUIn such an inexplicable blue | A |
Upon the stonework to embark | B |
The little ship of glowing hue | A |
Appears in Alexander Park | B |
The little lamp a yellow rose | C |
Arising ready to retreat | D |
Above the people it adores | E |
Near strangers' feet | D |
In such an inexplicable blue | A |
The drunkards' hive the loonies' team | F |
A tourist takes a snapshot to | A |
Have left the town and keep no dream | F |
On the Ordynka street you find | G |
A taxicab with fevered gnomes | H |
And dead ancestors stand behind | G |
And lean on domes | H |
A poet strolls across the town | I |
In such an inexplicable blue | A |
A doorman watches him looking down | I |
And down the street and catches the flu | A |
An old and handsome cavalier | J |
Moves down a lane not worth a view | A |
And wedding party guests appear | J |
In such an inexplicable blue | A |
Behind the river in the haar | K |
As a collection of the blues | L |
The yellow walls reflecting far | K |
The hopeless accent of the Jews | L |
You move to Sunday to despair | M |
From love to the New Year and there | M |
Appears a girl you cannot woo | A |
Never explaining why she's blue | A |
Then in the night the town is lost | N |
A train is clad in silver plush | O |
The pallid puff the draught of frost | N |
Will sheathe your face until you blush | O |
The honeycomb of windows fits | P |
The smell of halva and of zest | Q |
While Christmas Eve is carrying its | P |
Mince pies abreast | Q |
Watch your New Year come in a blue | A |
Seawave across the town terrain | R |
In such an inexplicable blue | A |
As if your life can start again | S |
As if there can be bread and light | T |
A lucky day and something's left | U |
As if your life can sway aright | U |
Once swayed aleft | U |
Joseph Brodsky
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