Constantinople - Leblebidji* Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCD EFEFCD GHGHCD IHIHCD J| I know so well the busy cries | A |
| That echo through the quarter | B |
| Till daylight into evening dies | A |
| And stars shine in the water | B |
| So dear they have become to me | C |
| Leblebidji leblebidji | D |
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| On peaceful English country nights | E |
| Their rapid gay succession | F |
| And all the sea reflected lights | E |
| Will pass from my possession | F |
| But never from my memory | C |
| Leblebidji leblebidji | D |
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| Past English evening scents and sounds | G |
| Past English church bells ringing | H |
| The Turkish watchman on his rounds | G |
| The Turkish pedlar singing | H |
| Through narrow streets above the sea | C |
| Leblebidji leblebidji | D |
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| Will surely pierce a ghostly way | I |
| The music underlying | H |
| And in the shades of falling day | I |
| As in the distance dying | H |
| A little call will come to me | C |
| Leblebidji | D |
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| Little white beans | J |
Victoria Mary Sackville-west
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