In Rotterdam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEFGF A HIJIKFGF A LMNMLOGF PQHQKFGF RSTSKOGF UV V FGF EM MWFWF| I | A |
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| I gaze upon a city | B |
| A city new and strange | C |
| Down many a watery vista | D |
| My fancy takes a range | C |
| From side to side I saunter | E |
| And wonder where I am | F |
| And can you be in England | G |
| And I at Rotterdam | F |
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| II | A |
| - | |
| Before me lie dark waters | H |
| In broad canals and deep | I |
| Whereon the silver moonbeams | J |
| Sleep restless in their sleep | I |
| A sort of vulgar Venice | K |
| Reminds me where I am | F |
| Yes yes you are in England | G |
| And I'm at Rotterdam | F |
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| III | A |
| - | |
| Tall houses with quaint gables | L |
| Where frequent windows shine | M |
| And quays that lead to bridges | N |
| And trees in formal line | M |
| And masts of spicy vessels | L |
| From western Surinam | O |
| All tell me you're in England | G |
| But I'm in Rotterdam | F |
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| IV | - |
| - | |
| Those sailors how outlandish | P |
| The face and form of each | Q |
| They deal in foreign gestures | H |
| And use a foreign speech | Q |
| A tongue not learn'd near Isis | K |
| Or studied by the Cam | F |
| Declares that you're in England | G |
| And I'm at Rotterdam | F |
| - | |
| V | - |
| - | |
| And now across a market | R |
| My doubtful way I trace | S |
| Where stands a solemn statue | T |
| The Genius of the place | S |
| And to the great Erasmus | K |
| I offer my salaam | O |
| Who tells me you're in England | G |
| But I'm at Rotterdam | F |
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| VI | - |
| - | |
| The coffee room is open | U |
| I mingle in its crowd | V |
| The dominos are noisy | - |
| The hookahs raise a cloud | V |
| The flavor none of Fearon's | - |
| That mingles with my dram | F |
| Reminds me you're in England | G |
| And I'm at Rotterdam | F |
| - | |
| VII | - |
| - | |
| Then here it goes a bumper | E |
| The toast it shall be mine | M |
| In schiedam or in sherry | - |
| Tokay or hock of Rhine | M |
| It well deserves the brightest | W |
| Where sunbeam ever swam | F |
| 'The Girl I love in England' | W |
| I drink at Rotterdam | F |
Thomas Hood
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