反观这首《再别康桥》：全诗共七节，每节四行，每行两顿或三顿，不拘一格而又法度严谨，韵式上严守二、四押韵，抑扬顿挫，朗朗上口。这优美的节奏象涟漪般荡漾开来，既是虔诚的学子寻梦的跫音，又契合着诗人感情的潮起潮落，有一种独特的审美快感。七节诗错落有致地排列，韵律在其中徐行缓步地铺展，颇有些“长袍白面，郊寒岛瘦”的诗人气度。可以说，正体现了徐志摩的诗美主张。 【再别康桥英文版】
Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave good-bye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.
The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.
The floating heart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water;
In the gentle wave of Cambridge
I would be a water plant!
That pool under the shade of elm trees
Hold not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?