Florentine Pilgrim Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFG HHIIJJ KALLMM KKNNOO PPOOII KKQR| I'll do the old dump in a day | A |
| He told me in his brittle way | A |
| Two more I guess I'll give to Rome | B |
| Before I hit the trail for home | B |
| But while I'm there I kindo' hope | C |
| To have an audience with the Pope | C |
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| We stood upon the terraced height | D |
| With sunny Florence in our sight | D |
| I gazed and gazed too moved to speak | E |
| Until he queried What's that creek | E |
| The Arno sir I said surprised | F |
| He stared at it with empty eyes | G |
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| It is said I the storied stream | H |
| Where Dante used to pace and dream | H |
| And wait for Beatrice to pass | I |
| Oh how I felt a silly ass | I |
| Explaining this With eyes remote | J |
| He asked Was Beatrice a boat | J |
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| Then tranced by far Fiesole | K |
| Softly I sought to steal away | A |
| But his adhesiveness was grim | L |
| I could not pry apart from him | L |
| And so in our hotel ward walk | M |
| Meekly I listened to his talk | M |
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| Bologna Say the lunch was swell | K |
| Them wops know how to feed you well | K |
| Verona There I met a blonde | N |
| Oh how that baby could respond | N |
| Siena That's the old burg where | O |
| We soused on Asti in the square | O |
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| Antiquity Why that's the bunk | P |
| Statues and all that mouldy junk | P |
| Will never get you anywhere | O |
| My line is ladies' underware | O |
| And better than a dozen Dantes | I |
| Is something cute in female scanties | I |
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| One day in Florence is too small | K |
| You think maybe to see it all | K |
| Well it don't matter what you've seen | Q |
| The thing is you can say you've been | R |
Robert Service
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