The Lonely Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKKLMNDFONP QRSTUTVWXYZA2B2C2D2E 2A2 F2G2H2I2J2KK2L2M2N2F 2O2P2Q2R2S2T2U2T2T2D T2V2DYL2W2T2V2X2T2 DY2Z2A3B3DC3D3E3T2T2 FF3KG3L2H3I3J3T2TKK3 L3L2G2M3M3N3D3DGM3P2 M3O3P3Q3

The morning rain when from her coop releasedA
The hen exulting flaps her wings when fromB
The balcony the husbandman looks forthC
And when the rising sun his trembling raysD
Darts through the falling drops against my roofE
And windows gently beating wakens meF
I rise and grateful bless the flying cloudsG
The cheerful twitter of the early birdsH
The smiling fields and the refreshing airI
For I of you unhappy city wallsJ
Enough have seen and known where hatred stillK
Companion is to grief and grieving stillK
I live and so shall die and that how soonL
But here some pity Nature shows though smallM
Once in this spot to me so courteousN
Thou too O Nature turn'st away thy gazeD
From misery thou too thy sympathyF
Withholding from the suffering and the sadO
Dost homage pay to royal happinessN
No friend in heaven on earth the wretched hathP
No refuge save his trusty dagger's edgeQ
Sometimes I sit in perfect solitudeR
Upon a hill that overlooks a lakeS
That is encircled quite with silent treesT
There when the sun his mid day course hath reachedU
His tranquil face he in a mirror seesT
Nor grass nor leaf is shaken by the windV
There is no ripple on the wave no chirpW
Of cricket rustling wing of bird in bushX
Nor hum of butterfly no motion voiceY
Or far or near is either seen or heardZ
Its shores are locked in quiet most profoundA2
So that myself the world I quite forgetB2
As motionless I sit my limbs appearC2
To lie dissolved of breath and sense deprivedD2
As if in immemorial rest they seemedE2
Confounded with the silent scene aroundA2
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O love O love long since thou from this breastF2
Hast flown that was so warm so ardent onceG2
Misfortune in her cold and cruel graspH2
Has held it fast and it to ice has turnedI2
E'en in the flower of my youth The timeJ2
I well recall when thou this heart didst fillK
That sweet irrevocable time it wasK2
When this unhappy scene of life untoL2
The ardent gaze of youth reveals itselfM2
Expands and wears the smile of ParadiseN2
How throbs the heart within the boyish breastF2
By virgin hope and fond desire impelledO2
The wretched dupe for life's hard work preparesP2
As if it were a dance or merry gameQ2
But when I first O love thy presence feltR2
Misfortune had already crushed my lifeS2
And these poor eyes with constant tears were filledT2
Yet if at times upon the sun lit slopesU2
At silent dawn or when in broad noondayT2
The roofs and hills and fields are shining brightT2
I of some lonely maiden meet the gazeD
Or when in silence of the summer nightT2
My wandering steps arresting I beforeV2
The houses of the village pause to gazeD
Upon the lonely scene and hear the voiceY
So clear and cheerful of the maiden whoL2
Her ditty chanting in her quiet roomW2
Her daily task protracts into the nightT2
Ah then this stony heart will throb once moreV2
But soon alas its lethargy returnsX2
For all things sweet are strangers to this breastT2
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Belov d moon beneath whose tranquil raysD
The hares dance in the groves and at the dawnY2
The huntsman vexed at heart beholds the tracksZ2
Confused and intricate that from their formsA3
His steps mislead hail thou benignant QueenB3
Of Night How unpropitious fall thy raysD
Among the cliffs and thickets or withinC3
Deserted buildings on the gleaming steelD3
Of robber pale who with attentive earE3
Unto the distant noise of horses andT2
Of wheels is listening or the tramp of feetT2
Upon the silent road then suddenlyF
With sound of arms and hoarse harsh voice and lookF3
Of death the traveller's heart doth chillK
Whom he half dead and naked shortly leavesG3
Among the rocks How unpropitious tooL2
Is thy bright light along the city streetsH3
Unto the worthless paramour who picksI3
His way close to the walls in anxious searchJ3
Of friendly shade and halts and dreads the sightT2
Of blazing lamps and open balconiesT
To evil spirits unpropitious stillK
To me thy face will ever seem benignK3
Along these heights where nought save smiling hillsL3
And spacious fields thou offer'st to my viewL2
And yet it was my wayward custom onceG2
Though I was innocent thy gracious rayM3
To chide amid the haunts of men whene'erM3
It would my face to them betray and whenN3
It would their faces unto me revealD3
Now will I grateful sing its constant praiseD
When I behold thee sailing through the cloudsG
Or when mild sovereign of the realms of airM3
Thou lookest down on this our vale of tearsP2
Me wilt thou oft behold mute wandererM3
Among the groves along the verdant banksO3
Or seated on the grass content enoughP3
If heart and breath are left me for a sighQ3

Count Giacomo Leopardi



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