Nadowessian Death-lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJEI KLML NOOO PQPQ RORO OSOT OUOI VOVO

See he sitteth on his matA
Sitteth there uprightB
With the grace with which he satA
While he saw the lightB
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Where is now the sturdy gripeC
Where the breath sedateD
That so lately whiffed the pipeC
Toward the Spirit greatD
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Where the bright and falcon eyeE
That the reindeer's treadF
On the waving grass could spyE
Thick with dewdrops spreadF
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Where the limbs that used to dartG
Swifter through the snowH
Than the twenty membered hartG
Than the mountain roeH
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Where the arm that sturdilyI
Bent the deadly bowJ
See its life hath fleeted byE
See it hangeth lowI
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Happy he He now has goneK
Where no snow is foundL
Where with maize the fields are sownM
Self sprung from the groundL
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Where with birds each bush is filledN
Where with game the woodO
Where the fish with joy unstilledO
Wanton in the floodO
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With the spirits blest he feedsP
Leaves us here in gloomQ
We can only praise his deedsP
And his corpse entombQ
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Farewell gifts then hither bringR
Sound the death note sadO
Bury with him everythingR
That can make him gladO
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'Neath his head the hatchet hideO
That he boldly swungS
And the bear's fat haunch besideO
For the road is longT
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And the knife well sharpenedO
That with slashes threeU
Scalp and skin from foeman's headO
Tore off skilfullyI
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And to paint his body placeV
Dyes within his handO
Let him shine with ruddy graceV
In the Spirit landO

Friedrich Schiller



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