The Memorial Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB CDED FGHG IJKJ CLLL| Beyond compare the monument I have erected | A |
| And to this spirit column well worn the people's path | B |
| Its head defiant will out soar that famous pillar | C |
| The Emperor Alexander hath | B |
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| I shall not vanish wholly No but young forever | C |
| My spirit will live on within my lyre will ring | D |
| And men within this world shall hold me in remembrance | E |
| While yet one Singer lives to sing | D |
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| My glory shall in future fly through distant Russia | F |
| Each race in its own tongue shall name me far and wide | G |
| The Slav the Finn the Kalmyk all shall know me | H |
| The Tungoose in his reindeer hide | G |
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| Among my people I shall be long loved and cherished | I |
| Because their noblest instincts I have e'er inflamed | J |
| In evil hours I lit their hearts with fires of freedom | K |
| And never for their pleasures blamed | J |
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| O Muse pursue the calling of thy Gods forever | C |
| Strive not for the garland nor look upon the pain | L |
| Unmoved support the voice of scorn or of laudation | L |
| And argument with Fools disdain | L |
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
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