The Desolate City Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJJF KLJH MNJO PQCR STIU CQMV WXYZ A2B2C2D2 E2F2GL KG2CD| Dark to me is the earth Dark to me are the heavens | A |
| Where is she that I loved the woman with eyes like stars | B |
| Desolate are the streets Desolate is the city | C |
| A city taken by storm where none are left but the slain | D |
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| Sadly I rose at dawn undid the latch of my shutters | E |
| Thinking to let in light but I only let in love | F |
| Birds in the boughs were awake I listen'd to their chaunting | G |
| Each one sang to his love only I was alone | H |
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| This I said in my heart is the hour of life and of pleasure | I |
| Now each creature on earth has his joy and lives in the sun | J |
| Each in another's eyes finds light the light of compassion | J |
| This is the moment of pity this is the moment of love | F |
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| Speak O desolate city Speak O silence in sadness | K |
| Where is she that I loved in my strength that spoke to my soul | L |
| Where are those passionate eyes that appeal'd to my eyes in passion | J |
| Where is the mouth that kiss'd me the breast I laid to my own | H |
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| Speak thou soul of my soul for rage in my heart is kindled | M |
| Tell me where didst thou flee in the day of destruction and fear | N |
| See my arms still enfold thee enfolding thus all heaven | J |
| See my desire is fulfill'd in thee for it fills the earth | O |
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| Thus in my grief I lamented Then turn'd I from the window | P |
| Turn'd to the stair and the open door and the empty street | Q |
| Crying aloud in my grief for there was none to chide me | C |
| None to mock my weakness none to behold my tears | R |
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| Groping I went as blind I sought her house my belov egrave d's | S |
| There I stopp'd at the silent door and listen'd and tried the latch | T |
| Love I cried dost thou slumber This is no hour for slumber | I |
| This is the hour of love and love I bring in my hand | U |
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| I knew the house with its windows barr'd and its leafless fig tree | C |
| Climbing round by the doorstep the only one in the street | Q |
| I knew where my hope had climb'd to its goal and there encircled | M |
| All that those desolate walls once held my belov egrave d's heart | V |
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| There in my grief she consoled me She loved me when I loved not | W |
| She put her hand in my hand and set her lips to my lips | X |
| She told me all her pain and show'd me all her trouble | Y |
| I like a fool scarce heard hardly return'd her kiss | Z |
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| Love thy eyes were like torches They changed as I beheld them | A2 |
| Love thy lips were like gems the seal thou settest on my life | B2 |
| Love if I loved not then behold this hour thy vengeance | C2 |
| This is the fruit of thy love and thee the unwise grown wise | D2 |
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| Weeping strangled my voice I call'd out but none answer'd | E2 |
| Blindly the windows gazed back at me dumbly the door | F2 |
| See whom I love who loved me look'd not on my yearning | G |
| Gave me no more her hands to kiss show'd me no more her soul | L |
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| Therefore the earth is dark to me the sunlight blackness | K |
| Therefore I go in tears and alone by night and day | G2 |
| Therefore I find no love in heaven no light no beauty | C |
| A heaven taken by storm where none are left but the slain | D |
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
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