To ---- Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEAFA GHIHJAFA KLMLKNFA O PQGQJAFA O RSTSJNFA O UVOVOAFA O ELOLWAFA

Composed At RotterdamA
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I gaze upon a cityB
A city new and strangeC
Down many a watery vistaD
My fancy takes a rangeC
From side to side I saunterE
And wonder where I amA
And can you be in EnglandF
And I at RotterdamA
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II-
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Before me lie dark watersG
In broad canals and deepH
Whereon the silver moonbeamsI
Sleep restless in their sleepH
A sort of vulgar VeniceJ
Reminds me where I amA
Yes yes you are in EnglandF
And I'm at RotterdamA
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III-
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Tall houses with quaint gablesK
Where frequent windows shineL
And quays that lead to bridgesM
And trees in formal lineL
And masts of spicy vesselsK
From western SurinamN
All tell me you're in EnglandF
But I'm in RotterdamA
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IVO
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Those sailors how outlandishP
The face and form of eachQ
They deal in foreign gesturesG
And use a foreign speechQ
A tongue not learn'd near IsisJ
Or studied by the CamA
Declares that you're in EnglandF
And I'm at RotterdamA
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VO
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And now across a marketR
My doubtful way I traceS
Where stands a solemn statueT
The Genius of the placeS
And to the great ErasmusJ
I offer my salaamN
Who tells me you're in EnglandF
But I'm at RotterdamA
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VIO
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The coffee room is openU
I mingle in its crowdV
The dominos are noisyO
The hookahs raise a cloudV
The flavor none of Fearon'sO
That mingles with my dramA
Reminds me you're in EnglandF
And I'm at RotterdamA
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VIIO
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Then here it goes a bumperE
The toast it shall be mineL
In schiedam or in sherryO
Tokay or hock of RhineL
It well deserves the brightestW
Where sunbeam ever swamA
The Girl I love in EnglandF
I drink at RotterdamA

Thomas Hood



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