Moscow Carol Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDAFAFGHGHIAIA JAJAKLKLMMAANONOPQPQ ARASTUUU| In 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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