Latakia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGFHIJIKLML A NOPPOQRGGR STOOT| I | A |
| - | |
| When all the panes are hung with frost | B |
| Wild wizard work of silver lace | C |
| I draw my sofa on the rug | D |
| Before the ancient chimney place | C |
| Upon the painted tiles are mosques | E |
| And minarets and here and there | F |
| A blind muezzin lifts his hands | G |
| And calls the faithful unto prayer | F |
| Folded in idle twilight dreams | H |
| I hear the hemlock chirp and sing | I |
| As if within its ruddy core | J |
| It held the happy heart of Spring | I |
| Ferdousi never sang like that | K |
| Nor Saadi grave nor Hafiz gay | L |
| I lounge and blow white rings of smoke | M |
| And watch them rise and float away | L |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| The curling wreaths like turbans seem | N |
| Of silent slaves that come and go | O |
| Or Viziers packed with craft and crime | P |
| Whom I behead from time to time | P |
| With pipe stem at a single blow | O |
| And now and then a lingering cloud | Q |
| Takes gracious form at my desire | R |
| And at my side my lady stands | G |
| Unwinds her veil with snowy hands | G |
| A shadowy shape a breath of fire | R |
| - | |
| O Love if you were only here | S |
| Beside me in this mellow light | T |
| Though all the bitter winds should blow | O |
| And all the ways be choked with snow | O |
| 'Twould be a true Arabian night | T |
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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