Constantinople - The Greek Han Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKLK| A sunny court with wooden balconies | A |
| And wool hung out to dry in gaudy skeins | B |
| A fountain and some pigeons murmuringly | C |
| Picking up yellow grains | B |
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| Pass through a little tumble down green door | D |
| Into the dark and crowded shop the Turk | E |
| Crouching above the brasier smiles and nods | F |
| 'Tis all his daily work | E |
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| Here marble heads and alabaster jars | G |
| Fragments of porphyry and Persian tiles | H |
| Lie heaped in ruin and at our dismay | I |
| The old Turk shrugs and smiles | H |
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| And sips his coffee reaching out a hand | J |
| To throw upon the brasier at his feet | K |
| A handful of dried herbs whose sudden smoke | L |
| Rises up incense sweet | K |
Victoria Mary Sackville-west
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