Music Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBDDEEFFGHIIJJKKL LMNOONN| My friend went to the piano spun the stool | A |
| A little higher left his pipe to cool | A |
| Picked up a fat green volume from the chest | B |
| And propped it open | C |
| Whitely without rest | B |
| His fingers swept the keys that flashed like swords | D |
| And to the brute drums of barbarian hordes | D |
| Roaring and thunderous and weapon bare | E |
| An army stormed the bastions of the air | E |
| Dreadful with banners fire to slay and parch | F |
| Marching together as the lightnings march | F |
| And swift as storm clouds Brazen helms and cars | G |
| Clanged to a fierce resurgence of old wars | H |
| Above the screaming horns In state they passed | I |
| Trampling and splendid on and sought the vast | I |
| Rending the darkness like a leaping knife | J |
| The flame the noble pageant of our life | J |
| The burning seal that stamps man's high indenture | K |
| To vain attempt and most forlorn adventure | K |
| Romance and purple seas and toppling towns | L |
| And the wind's valiance crying o'er the downs | L |
| That nerves the silly hand the feeble brain | M |
| From the loose net of words to deeds again | N |
| And to all courage Perilous and sharp | O |
| The last chord shook me as wind shakes a harp | O |
| And my friend swung round on his stool and from gods we were men | N |
| How pretty we said and went on with our talk again | N |
Stephen Vincent Benet
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