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 LDTUD| Joy 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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