The Rats Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHI IJKL M N KNKN KKKK ONPN| The Rats | A |
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| The hunter s moon cuts straight through the farmyard | B |
| From the roof s edge a shadow descends | C |
| The window empties itself without a word | D |
| Up the stairs below one s breath the rats cavort | E |
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| And the scuttling whistles here and there | F |
| and the grizzly whiff of your human stink | G |
| gives you away | H |
| the ghost in the moonlight trembles through and through | I |
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| and their bottomless greed tugs at you | I |
| and the houses and barns comply | J |
| pregnant with corn and fruit | K |
| In the dark out there the icy wind thrashes and weeps | L |
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| Translated by Eric Plattner | M |
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| Die Ratten | N |
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| In Hof scheint wei der herbstliche Mond | K |
| Vom Dachrand fallen phantastische Schatten | N |
| Ein Schweigen in leeren Fenstern wohnt | K |
| Da tauchen leise herauf die Ratten | N |
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| Und huschen pfeifend hier und dort | K |
| Und ein gr ulicher Dunsthauch wittert | K |
| Ihnen nach aus dem Abort | K |
| Den geisterhaft der Mondschein durchzittert | K |
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| Und sie keifen vor Gier wie toll | O |
| Und erf llen Haus und Scheunen | N |
| Die von Korn und Fr chten voll | P |
| Eisige Winde im Dunkel greinen | N |
Georg Trakl
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