Incident At Bruges Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHIJ KLKDMNMN OPOPQRQR SNSNTRTR| In Bruges town is many a street | A |
| Whence busy life hath fled | B |
| Where without hurry noiseless feet | A |
| The grass grown pavement tread | B |
| There heard we halting in the shade | C |
| Flung from a Convent tower | D |
| A harp that tuneful prelude made | C |
| To a voice of thrilling power | D |
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| The measure simple truth to tell | E |
| Was fit for some gay throng | F |
| Though from the same grim turret fell | E |
| The shadow and the song | F |
| When silent were both voice and chords | G |
| The strain seemed doubly dear | H |
| Yet sad as sweet for 'English' words | I |
| Had fallen upon the ear | J |
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| It was a breezy hour of eve | K |
| And pinnacle and spire | L |
| Quivered and seemed almost to heave | K |
| Clothed with innocuous fire | D |
| But where we stood the setting sun | M |
| Showed little of his state | N |
| And if the glory reached the Nun | M |
| 'Twas through an iron grate | N |
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| Not always is the heart unwise | O |
| Nor pity idly born | P |
| If even a passing Stranger sighs | O |
| For them who do not mourn | P |
| Sad is thy doom self solaced dove | Q |
| Captive whoe'er thou be | R |
| Oh what is beauty what is love | Q |
| And opening life to thee | R |
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| Such feeling pressed upon my soul | S |
| A feeling sanctified | N |
| By one soft trickling tear that stole | S |
| From the Maiden at my side | N |
| Less tribute could she pay than this | T |
| Borne gaily o'er the sea | R |
| Fresh from the beauty and the bliss | T |
| Of English liberty | R |
William Wordsworth
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