Downfall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDE FGH IJK A L B MNO MON ONODownfall | A |
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To Karl Borromaeus Heinrich | B |
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Over the white pond | C |
the savage birds draw away | D |
At twilight an icier wind blows about our star | E |
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The split forehead of night bends | F |
across our graves | G |
Under oaks we shudder on a silver barge | H |
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Forever ring the whitewashed walls of the city | I |
Under a dome of thorns | J |
O my brother we climb blind hour hands to midnight | K |
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Translated by Eric Plattner Joseph Suglia | A |
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U ntergang | L |
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An Karl Borromaeus Heinrich | B |
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ber den wei en Weiher | M |
Sind die wilden V gel fortgezogen | N |
Am Abend weht von unseren Sternen ein eisiger Wind | O |
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ber unsere Gr ber | M |
Beugt sich die zerbrochene Stirne der Nacht | O |
Unter Eichen schaukeln wir auf einem silbernen Kahn | N |
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Immer klingen die wei en Mauern der Stadt | O |
Unter Dornenbogen | N |
O mein Bruder klimmen wir blinde Zeiger gen Mitternacht | O |
Georg Trakl
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