The Conflict Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHHH IJIJ KHKHNo I this conflict longer will not wage | A |
The conflict duty claims the giant task | B |
Thy spells O virtue never can assuage | A |
The heart's wild fire this offering do not ask | B |
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True I have sworn a solemn vow have sworn | C |
That I myself will curb the self within | D |
Yet take thy wreath no more it shall be worn | C |
Take back thy wreath and leave me free to sin | D |
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Rent be the contract I with thee once made | E |
She loves me loves me forfeit be the crown | F |
Blessed he who lulled in rapture's dreamy shade | E |
Glides as I glide the deep fall gladly down | F |
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She sees the worm that my youth's bloom decays | G |
She sees my spring time wasted as it flees | H |
And marvelling at the rigor that gainsays | H |
The heart's sweet impulse my reward decrees | H |
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Distrust this angel purity fair soul | I |
It is to guilt thy pity armeth me | J |
Could being lavish its unmeasured whole | I |
It ne'er could give a gift to rival thee | J |
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Thee the dear guilt I ever seek to shun | K |
O tyranny of fate O wild desires | H |
My virtue's only crown can but be won | K |
In that last breath when virtue's self expires | H |
Friedrich Schiller
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