Monument Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFBG HIIJ KALA AMNO| I built myself a monument eternal and miraculous | A |
| It's higher than the Pyramids than metal it is harder | B |
| Swift winds and thunder cannot knock it down | C |
| The flight of time cannot demolish it | D |
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| Thus I won't really die The part of me that's largest | E |
| Will baffle death and will escape decay | F |
| My fame will grow and never wither | B |
| As long as Slavs are honored in this world | G |
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| And word of me shall spread from the White Sea to the Black | H |
| Where Volga Don Neva and Ural rivers flow | I |
| Each member of the countless tribes will know | I |
| How from obscurity I found my way to fame | J |
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| By daring first in lively Russian speech | K |
| To celebrate the virtues of Felitsa | A |
| To talk of God with intimate simplicity | L |
| And with a smile announce the truth to kings | A |
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| O Muse take pride in your well earned rewards | A |
| Disdain all those who show disdain for you | M |
| And with an easy and unhurried hand | N |
| With dawn eternal crown your brow | O |
Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin
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