Street Lanterns Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH| Country roads are yellow and brown | A |
| We mend the roads in London town | A |
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| Never a hansom dare come nigh | B |
| Never a cart goes rolling by | B |
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| An unwonted silence steals | C |
| In between the turning wheels | C |
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| Quickly ends the autumn day | D |
| And the workman goes his way | D |
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| Leaving midst the traffic rude | E |
| One small isle of solitude | E |
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| Lit throughout the lengthy night | F |
| By the little lantern's light | F |
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| Jewels of the dark have we | G |
| Brighter than the rustic's be | G |
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| Over the dull earth are thrown | H |
| Topaz and the ruby stone | H |
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
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