Shadwell Stair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA CDDC EFFF GAAG| I am the ghost of Shadwell Stair | A |
| Along the wharves by the water house | B |
| And through the cavernous slaughter house | B |
| I am the shadow that walks there | A |
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| Yet I have flesh both firm and cool | C |
| And eyes tumultuous as the gems | D |
| Of moons and lamps in the full Thames | D |
| When dusk sails wavering down the pool | C |
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| Shuddering the purple street arc burns | E |
| Where I watch always from the banks | F |
| Dolorously the shipping clanks | F |
| And after me a strange tide turns | F |
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| I walk till the stars of London wane | G |
| And dawn creeps up the Shadwell Stair | A |
| But when the crowing syrens blare | A |
| I with another ghost am lain | G |
Wilfred Owen
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