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Le Vampire (the Vampire) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Toi qui comme un coup de couteau	A
Dans mon coeur plaintif es entr e	B
Toi qui forte comme un troupeau	C
De d mons vins folle et par e	B
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De mon esprit humili	D
Faire ton lit et ton domaine	E
Inf me qui je suis li	D
Comme le for at la cha ne	D
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Comme au jeu le joueur t tu	A
Comme la bouteille l'ivrogne	D
Comme aux vermines la charogne	D
Maudite maudite sois tu	A
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J'ai pri le glaive rapide	A
De conqu rir ma libert	A
Et j'ai dit au poison perfide	A
De secourir ma l chet	A
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H las le poison et le glaive	F
M'ont pris en d dain et m'ont dit	A
Tu n'es pas digne qu'on t'enl ve	F
ton esclavage maudit	A
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Imb cile de son empire	G
Si nos efforts te d livraient	A
Tes baisers ressusciteraient	A
Le cadavre de ton vampire	H
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The Vampire	H
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You who like the stab of a knife	F
Entered my plaintive heart	A
You who strong as a herd	A
Of demons came ardent and adorned	A
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To make your bed and your domain	D
Of my humiliated mind	A
Infamous bitch to whom I'm bound	A
Like the convict to his chain	D
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Like the stubborn gambler to the game	I
Like the drunkard to his wine	D
Like the maggots to the corpse	J
Accurst accurst be you	A
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I begged the swift poniard	A
To gain for me my liberty	A
I asked perfidious poison	D
To give aid to my cowardice	K
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Alas both poison and the knife	F
Contemptuously said to me	A
'You do not deserve to be freed	A
From your accursed slavery	A
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Fool if from her domination	D
Our efforts could deliver you	A
Your kisses would resuscitate	A
The cadaver of your vampire '	-
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Translated by William Aggeler	A
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The Vampire	A
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You who like a dagger ploughed	A
Into my heart with deadly thrill	D
You who stronger than a crowd	A
Of demons mad and dressed to kill	D
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Of my dejected soul have made	A
Your bed your lodging and domain	D
To whom I'm linked Unseemly jade	A
As is a convict to his chain	D
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Or as the gamester to his dice	L
Or as the drunkard to his dram	M
Or as the carrion to its lice	L
I curse you Would my curse could damn	M
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I have besought the sudden blade	A
To win for me my freedom back	N
Perfidious poison I have prayed	A
To help my cowardice Alack	N
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Both poison and the sword disdained	A
My cowardice and seemed to say	O
'You are not fit to be unchained	A
From your damned servitude Away	O
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You imbecile since if from her empire	A
We were to liberate the slave	F
You'd raise the carrion of your vampire	A
By your own kisses from the grave '	-
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Translated by Roy Campbell	D
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The Vampire	A
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Thou who abruptly as a knife	F
Didst come into my heart thou who	A
A demon horde into my life	F
Didst enter wildly dancing through	A
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The doorways of my sense unlatched	A
To make my spirit thy domain	D
Harlot to whom I am attached	A
As convicts to the ball and chain	D
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As gamblers to the wheel's bright spell	D
As drunkards to their raging thirst	A
As corpses to their worms accurst	A
Be thou Oh be thou damned to hell	D
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I have entreated the swift sword	A
To strike that I at once be freed	A
The poisoned phial I have implored	A
To plot with me a ruthless deed	A
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Alas the phial and the blade	A
Do cry aloud and laugh at me	A
'Thou art not worthy of our aid	A
Thou art not worthy to be free	A
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'Though one of us should be the tool	D
To save thee from thy wretched fate	A
Thy kisses would resuscitate	A
The body of thy vampire fool '	-
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Translated by George Dillon	D
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The Vampire	A
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Thou sharper than a dagger thrust	A
Sinking into my plaintive heart	A
Thou frenzied and arrayed in lust	A
Strong as a demon host whose art	A
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Possessed my humbled soul at last	A
Made it thy bed and thy domain	D
Strumpet to whom I am bound fast	A
As is the convict to his chain	D
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The stubborn gambler to his dice	L
The rabid drunkard to his bowl	D
The carcass to its vermin lice	L
O thrice accurs d be thy soul	D
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I called on the swift sword to smite	A
One blow to free my life of this	P
I begged perfidious aconite	A
For succor in my cowardice	K
But sword and poison in my need	A
Heaped scorn upon my craven mood	A
Saying 'Unworthy to be freed	A
From thine accursed servitude	A
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O fool if through our efforts Fate	A
Absolved thee from thy sorry plight	A
Thy kisses would resuscitate	A
Thy vampire's corpse for thy delight '	-
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Translated by Jacques LeClercq	N
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The Vampire	A
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You who keen as a carving blade	A
Into my plaintive heart has plunged	A
You who strong as a wild array	O
Of crazed and costumed cacodaemons	K
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Storming into my helpless soul	D
To make your bed and your domain	D
Tainted jade to whom I'm joined	A
Like a convict to his chain	D
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Like a gambler to his game	I
Like a drunkard to his bottle	D
Like maggot worms to their cadaver	A
Damn you oh damn you I say	K
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I pleaded with the speedy sword	A
To win me back my liberty	A
And finally a desperate coward	A
I turned to poison's perfidy	A
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Alas but poison and the sword	A
Had only scorn to offer me	A
'You're not worthy to be free	A
Of your wretched slavery	A
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You imbecile For if our means	K
Should release you from her reign	D
You with your kisses would only breathe	Q
New life into the vampire slain '	-
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Translated by Atti Viragh	F
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The Vampire	A
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You that like a dagger s thrust	A
Have entered my complaining heart	A
You that stronger than a host	A
Of demons came wild yet prepared	A
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Within my mind s humility	A
You made your bed and your domain	D
Infamous one who s bound to me	A
Like any felon by his chain	D
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Like a gambler by his games	K
Like the bottle and the sot	A
Like the worms in one s remains	K
Damn you Damnation be your lot	A
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I ve begged the merciful swift sword	A
To overcome my liberty	A
To poison I have said the word	A
Save me from poltroonery	A
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Alas the sword Alas the poison	D
Contemptuous they spoke to m	R
'You never can deserve remission	D
Of your accursed slavery	A
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'Imbecile If our deadly empire	A
Freed you from your present fate	A
Your kiss would soon resuscitate	A
The cold cadaver of your vampire '	-