The Lonely Life Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKKLMNDFONP QRSTUTVWXYZA2B2C2D2E 2A2 F2G2H2I2J2KK2L2M2N2F 2O2P2Q2R2S2T2U2T2T2D T2V2DYL2W2T2V2X2T2 DY2Z2A3B3DC3D3E3T2T2 FF3KG3L2H3I3J3T2TKK3 L3L2G2M3M3N3D3DGM3P2 M3O3P3Q3The morning rain when from her coop released | A |
The hen exulting flaps her wings when from | B |
The balcony the husbandman looks forth | C |
And when the rising sun his trembling rays | D |
Darts through the falling drops against my roof | E |
And windows gently beating wakens me | F |
I rise and grateful bless the flying clouds | G |
The cheerful twitter of the early birds | H |
The smiling fields and the refreshing air | I |
For I of you unhappy city walls | J |
Enough have seen and known where hatred still | K |
Companion is to grief and grieving still | K |
I live and so shall die and that how soon | L |
But here some pity Nature shows though small | M |
Once in this spot to me so courteous | N |
Thou too O Nature turn'st away thy gaze | D |
From misery thou too thy sympathy | F |
Withholding from the suffering and the sad | O |
Dost homage pay to royal happiness | N |
No friend in heaven on earth the wretched hath | P |
No refuge save his trusty dagger's edge | Q |
Sometimes I sit in perfect solitude | R |
Upon a hill that overlooks a lake | S |
That is encircled quite with silent trees | T |
There when the sun his mid day course hath reached | U |
His tranquil face he in a mirror sees | T |
Nor grass nor leaf is shaken by the wind | V |
There is no ripple on the wave no chirp | W |
Of cricket rustling wing of bird in bush | X |
Nor hum of butterfly no motion voice | Y |
Or far or near is either seen or heard | Z |
Its shores are locked in quiet most profound | A2 |
So that myself the world I quite forget | B2 |
As motionless I sit my limbs appear | C2 |
To lie dissolved of breath and sense deprived | D2 |
As if in immemorial rest they seemed | E2 |
Confounded with the silent scene around | A2 |
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O love O love long since thou from this breast | F2 |
Hast flown that was so warm so ardent once | G2 |
Misfortune in her cold and cruel grasp | H2 |
Has held it fast and it to ice has turned | I2 |
E'en in the flower of my youth The time | J2 |
I well recall when thou this heart didst fill | K |
That sweet irrevocable time it was | K2 |
When this unhappy scene of life unto | L2 |
The ardent gaze of youth reveals itself | M2 |
Expands and wears the smile of Paradise | N2 |
How throbs the heart within the boyish breast | F2 |
By virgin hope and fond desire impelled | O2 |
The wretched dupe for life's hard work prepares | P2 |
As if it were a dance or merry game | Q2 |
But when I first O love thy presence felt | R2 |
Misfortune had already crushed my life | S2 |
And these poor eyes with constant tears were filled | T2 |
Yet if at times upon the sun lit slopes | U2 |
At silent dawn or when in broad noonday | T2 |
The roofs and hills and fields are shining bright | T2 |
I of some lonely maiden meet the gaze | D |
Or when in silence of the summer night | T2 |
My wandering steps arresting I before | V2 |
The houses of the village pause to gaze | D |
Upon the lonely scene and hear the voice | Y |
So clear and cheerful of the maiden who | L2 |
Her ditty chanting in her quiet room | W2 |
Her daily task protracts into the night | T2 |
Ah then this stony heart will throb once more | V2 |
But soon alas its lethargy returns | X2 |
For all things sweet are strangers to this breast | T2 |
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Belov d moon beneath whose tranquil rays | D |
The hares dance in the groves and at the dawn | Y2 |
The huntsman vexed at heart beholds the tracks | Z2 |
Confused and intricate that from their forms | A3 |
His steps mislead hail thou benignant Queen | B3 |
Of Night How unpropitious fall thy rays | D |
Among the cliffs and thickets or within | C3 |
Deserted buildings on the gleaming steel | D3 |
Of robber pale who with attentive ear | E3 |
Unto the distant noise of horses and | T2 |
Of wheels is listening or the tramp of feet | T2 |
Upon the silent road then suddenly | F |
With sound of arms and hoarse harsh voice and look | F3 |
Of death the traveller's heart doth chill | K |
Whom he half dead and naked shortly leaves | G3 |
Among the rocks How unpropitious too | L2 |
Is thy bright light along the city streets | H3 |
Unto the worthless paramour who picks | I3 |
His way close to the walls in anxious search | J3 |
Of friendly shade and halts and dreads the sight | T2 |
Of blazing lamps and open balconies | T |
To evil spirits unpropitious still | K |
To me thy face will ever seem benign | K3 |
Along these heights where nought save smiling hills | L3 |
And spacious fields thou offer'st to my view | L2 |
And yet it was my wayward custom once | G2 |
Though I was innocent thy gracious ray | M3 |
To chide amid the haunts of men whene'er | M3 |
It would my face to them betray and when | N3 |
It would their faces unto me reveal | D3 |
Now will I grateful sing its constant praise | D |
When I behold thee sailing through the clouds | G |
Or when mild sovereign of the realms of air | M3 |
Thou lookest down on this our vale of tears | P2 |
Me wilt thou oft behold mute wanderer | M3 |
Among the groves along the verdant banks | O3 |
Or seated on the grass content enough | P3 |
If heart and breath are left me for a sigh | Q3 |
Count Giacomo Leopardi
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