To ---- Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDCEAFA GHIHJAFA KLMLKNFA O PQGQJAFA O RSTSJNFA O UVOVOAFA O ELOLWAFAComposed At Rotterdam | A |
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I | - |
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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 | A |
And can you be in England | F |
And I at Rotterdam | A |
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II | - |
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Before me lie dark waters | G |
In broad canals and deep | H |
Whereon the silver moonbeams | I |
Sleep restless in their sleep | H |
A sort of vulgar Venice | J |
Reminds me where I am | A |
Yes yes you are in England | F |
And I'm at Rotterdam | A |
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III | - |
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Tall houses with quaint gables | K |
Where frequent windows shine | L |
And quays that lead to bridges | M |
And trees in formal line | L |
And masts of spicy vessels | K |
From western Surinam | N |
All tell me you're in England | F |
But I'm in Rotterdam | A |
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IV | O |
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Those sailors how outlandish | P |
The face and form of each | Q |
They deal in foreign gestures | G |
And use a foreign speech | Q |
A tongue not learn'd near Isis | J |
Or studied by the Cam | A |
Declares that you're in England | F |
And I'm at Rotterdam | A |
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V | O |
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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 | J |
I offer my salaam | N |
Who tells me you're in England | F |
But I'm at Rotterdam | A |
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VI | O |
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The coffee room is open | U |
I mingle in its crowd | V |
The dominos are noisy | O |
The hookahs raise a cloud | V |
The flavor none of Fearon's | O |
That mingles with my dram | A |
Reminds me you're in England | F |
And I'm at Rotterdam | A |
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VII | O |
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Then here it goes a bumper | E |
The toast it shall be mine | L |
In schiedam or in sherry | O |
Tokay or hock of Rhine | L |
It well deserves the brightest | W |
Where sunbeam ever swam | A |
The Girl I love in England | F |
I drink at Rotterdam | A |
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