The Maiden From Afar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIKEAAA| Within a vale each infant year | A |
| When earliest larks first carol free | B |
| To humble shepherds cloth appear | A |
| A wondrous maiden fair to see | B |
| Not born within that lowly place | C |
| From whence she wandered none could tell | D |
| Her parting footsteps left no trace | C |
| When once the maiden sighed farewell | D |
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| And blessed was her presence there | E |
| Each heart expanding grew more gay | F |
| Yet something loftier still than fair | E |
| Kept man's familiar looks away | F |
| From fairy gardens known to none | G |
| She brought mysterious fruits and flowers | H |
| The things of some serener sun | G |
| Some Nature more benign than ours | H |
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| With each her gifts the maiden shared | I |
| To some the fruits the flowers to some | J |
| Alike the young the aged fared | I |
| Each bore a blessing back to home | K |
| Though every guest was welcome there | E |
| Yet some the maiden held more dear | A |
| And culled her rarest sweets whene'er | A |
| She saw two hearts that loved draw near | A |
Friedrich Schiller
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