Long-legged Fly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGF HI JKLKMNON HI PQORSTUT HI| That civilisation may not sink | A |
| Its great battle lost | B |
| Quiet the dog tether the pony | C |
| To a distant post | D |
| Our master Caesar is in the tent | E |
| Where the maps ate spread | F |
| His eyes fixed upon nothing | G |
| A hand under his head | F |
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| Like a long legged fly upon the stream | H |
| His mind moves upon silence | I |
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| That the topless towers be burnt | J |
| And men recall that face | K |
| Move most gently if move you must | L |
| In this lonely place | K |
| She thinks part woman three parts a child | M |
| That nobody looks her feet | N |
| Practise a tinker shuffle | O |
| Picked up on a street | N |
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| Like a long legged fly upon the stream | H |
| Her mind moves upon silence | I |
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| That girls at puberty may find | P |
| The first Adam in their thought | Q |
| Shut the door of the Pope's chapel | O |
| Keep those children out | R |
| There on that scaffolding reclines | S |
| Michael Angelo | T |
| With no more sound than the mice make | U |
| His hand moves to and fro | T |
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| Like a long leggedfly upon the stream | H |
| His mind moves upon silence | I |
William Butler Yeats
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