The Goldsmith Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDD EE| 'This job's the best I've done ' He bent his head | A |
| Over the golden vessel that he'd wrought | B |
| A bird was singing But the craftsman's thought | B |
| Is a forgotten language lost and dead | A |
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| He sighed and stretch'd brown arms His friend came in | C |
| And stood beside him in the morning sun | D |
| The goldwork glitter'd 'That's the best I've done | D |
| 'And now I've got a necklace to begin ' | - |
| - | |
| This was at Gnossos in the isle of Crete | E |
| A girl was selling flowers along the street | E |
Siegfried Sassoon
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