Marburg Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFCF CGHI JKKK LMNM NNKN COPO QRSR MTQI UVWX YLZH NA2NA2 CB2HB2 C2KD2K| I quivered I flared up and then was extinguished | A |
| I shook I had made a proposal but late | B |
| Too late I was scared and she had refused me | C |
| I pity her tears am more blessed than a saint | D |
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| I stepped into the square I could be counted | E |
| Among the twice born Every leaf on the lime | F |
| Every brick was alive caring nothing for me | C |
| And reared up to take leave for the last time | F |
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| The paving stones glowed and the street's brow was swarthy | C |
| From under their lids the cobbles looked grim | G |
| Scowled up at the sky and the wind like a boatman | H |
| Was rowing through limes And each was an emblem | I |
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| Be that as it may I avoided their glances | J |
| Averted my gaze from their greeting or scowling | K |
| I wanted no news of their getting and spending | K |
| I had to get out so as not to start howling | K |
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| The tiles were afloat and an unblinking noon | L |
| Regarded the rooftops And someone somewhere | M |
| In Marburg was whistling at work on a crossbow | N |
| And someone else dressing for the Trinity fair | M |
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| Devouring the clouds the sand showed yellow | N |
| A storm wind was rocking the bushes to and fro | N |
| And the sky had congealed where it touched a sprig | K |
| Of woundwort that staunched its flow | N |
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| Like any rep Romeo hugging his tragedy | C |
| I reeled through the city rehearsing you | O |
| I carried you all that day knew you by heart | P |
| From the comb in your hair to the foot in your shoe | O |
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| And when in your room I fell to my knees | Q |
| Embracing this mist this perfection of frost | R |
| How lovely you are this smothering turbulence | S |
| What were you thinking 'Be sensible ' Lost | R |
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| Here lived Martin Luther The Brothers Grimm there | M |
| And all things remember and reach out to them | T |
| The sharp taloned roofs The gravestones The trees | Q |
| And each is alive And each is an emblem | I |
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| I shall not go tomorrow Refusal | U |
| More final than parting We're quits ll is clear | V |
| And if I abandon the streetlamps the banks | W |
| Old pavingstones what will become of me here | X |
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| The mist on all sides will unpack its bags | Y |
| In both windows will hang up a moon | L |
| And melancholy will slide over the books | Z |
| And settle with one on the ottoman | H |
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| Then why am I scared Insomnia I know | N |
| Like grammar by heart I have grown used to that | A2 |
| In line with the four square panes of my window | N |
| Dawn will lay out her diaphanous mat | A2 |
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| The nights now sit down to play chess with me | C |
| Where ivory moonlight chequers the floor | B2 |
| It smells of acacia the windows are open | H |
| And passion a grey witness stands by the door | B2 |
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| The poplar is king I play with insomnia | C2 |
| The queen is a nightingale I can hear calling | K |
| I reach for the nightingale And the night wins | D2 |
| The pieces make way for the white face of morning | K |
Boris Pasternak
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