The Rainbow Quatrain
Christina Rossetti Sestet Repetition
Boats sail on the rivers, Lyric
And ships sail on the seas; (alliteration) Rhyme Scheme: AAAAA
But clouds that sail across the sky (consonance) Tone: dreamy
Are prettier than these. Theme: nature Rhythm
There are bridges on the rivers, (hyperbole)
As pretty as you please;
But the bow that bridges heaven, (metaphor) (imagery) (symbol)
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky, (metaphor)
Is prettier far than these.

The tone of this poem is dreamy because the author is making a picture inside her head that a rainbow is looking more pretty. on one side than the other side that has bridges and boats, ships, clouds that are moving.

The theme of the poem is nature because it talks about trees, clouds, and water.

Poetic Summary:
This poem is about boats, ships, clouds, and bridges. It says that clouds that sail across the sky are prettier than boats and ships sailing on the rivers and seas. Also the poem talks about bridges on the rivers and the bow that bridges heaven, but the bow that bridges heaven is far and prettier.

Poem Rewrite as Paragraph:
Boats sailed on the rivers and ships sailed on a sea but clouds that traveled across the sky looked more pretty. There are bridges on the rivers that pleased me that it was extremely pretty. The rainbow that crossed heaven, rise above the trees and created a pathway from the earth to the sky was way more pretty.

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