Ode To Joy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEDE FDGHD IHIHAJAJ FIIII AKAKLMLM LLGIL AJAJLJLJ LIJJD DNDNLLLL LLGIL IIIIJOJO LIIII DPDALLLL LDLLD QRQSDIDI LQJJQ LJLJJDJD LDTUDJoy thou beauteous godly lightning | A |
Daughter of Elysium | B |
Fire drunken we are ent ring | A |
Heavenly thy holy home | C |
Thy enchantments bind together | D |
What did custom stern divide | E |
Every man becomes a brother | D |
Where thy gentle wings abide | E |
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Chorus | F |
Be embrac d ye millions yonder | D |
Take this kiss throughout the world | G |
Brothers o er the stars unfurl d | H |
Must reside a loving Father | D |
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Who the noble prize achieveth | I |
Good friend of a friend to be | H |
Who a lovely wife attaineth | I |
Join us in his jubilee | H |
Yes he too who but one being | A |
On this earth can call his own | J |
He who ne er was able weeping | A |
Stealeth from this league alone | J |
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Chorus | F |
He who in the great ring dwelleth | I |
Homage pays to sympathy | I |
To the stars above leads she | I |
Where on high the Unknown reigneth | I |
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Joy is drunk by every being | A |
From kind nature s flowing breasts | K |
Every evil every good thing | A |
For her rosy footprint quests | K |
Gave she us both vines and kisses | L |
In the face of death a friend | M |
To the worm were given blisses | L |
And the Cherubs God attend | M |
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Chorus | L |
Fall before him all ye millions | L |
Know st thou the Creator world | G |
Seek above the stars unfurl d | I |
Yonder dwells He in the heavens | L |
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Joy commands the hardy mainspring | A |
Of the universe eterne | J |
Joy oh joy the wheel is driving | A |
Which the worlds great clock doth turn | J |
Flowers from the buds she coaxes | L |
Suns from out the hyaline | J |
Spheres she rotates through expanses | L |
Which the seer can t divine | J |
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Chorus | L |
As the suns are flying happy | I |
Through the heaven s glorious plane | J |
Travel brothers down your lane | J |
Joyful as in hero s vict ry | D |
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From the truth s own fiery mirror | D |
On the searcher doth she smile | N |
Up the steep incline of honor | D |
Guideth she the suff rer s mile | N |
High upon faith s sunlit mountains | L |
One can see her banner flies | L |
Through the breach of open d coffins | L |
She in angel s choir doth rise | L |
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Chorus | L |
Suffer on courageous millions | L |
Suffer for a better world | G |
O er the tent of stars unfurl d | I |
God rewards you from the heavens | L |
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Gods can never be requited | I |
Beauteous tis their like to be | I |
Grief and want shall be reported | I |
So to cheer with gaiety | I |
Hate and vengeance be forgotten | J |
Pardon d be our mortal foe | O |
Not a teardrop shall him dampen | J |
No repentance bring him low | O |
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Chorus | L |
Let our book of debts be cancell d | I |
Reconcile the total world | I |
Brothers o er the stars unfurl d | I |
God doth judge as we have settl d | I |
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Joy doth bubble from this rummer | D |
From the golden blood of grape | P |
Cannibals imbibe good temper | D |
Weak of heart their courage take | A |
Brothers fly up from thy places | L |
When the brimming cup doth pass | L |
Let the foam shoot up in spaces | L |
To the goodly Soul this glass | L |
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Chorus | L |
Whom the crown of stars doth honor | D |
Whom the hymns of Seraphs bless | L |
To the goodly Soul this glass | L |
O er the tent of stars up yonder | D |
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Courage firm in grievous trial | Q |
Help where innocence doth scream | R |
Oaths which sworn to are eternal | Q |
Truth to friend and foe the same | S |
Manly pride fore kingly power | D |
Brothers cost it life and blood | I |
Honor to whom merits honor | D |
Ruin to the lying brood | I |
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Chorus | L |
Closer draw the holy circle | Q |
Swear it by this golden wine | J |
Faithful to the vow divine | J |
Swear it by the Judge celestial | Q |
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Rescue from the tyrant s fetters | L |
Mercy to the villain e en | J |
Hope within the dying hours | L |
Pardon at the guillotine | J |
E en the dead shall live in heaven | J |
Brothers drink and all agree | D |
Every sin shall be forgiven | J |
Hell forever cease to be | D |
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Chorus | L |
A serene departing hour | D |
Pleasant sleep beneath the pall | T |
Brothers gentle words for all | U |
Doth the Judge of mortals utter | D |
Friedrich Schiller
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