Beauty Rothraut (from Moricke) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCBDDB EBFFFDDB BBD GHB IBBBBBB| What is the name of King Ringang's daughter | A |
| Rohtraut Beauty Rohtraut | B |
| And what does she do the livelong day | B |
| Since she dare not knit and spin alway | C |
| O hunting and fishing is ever her play | B |
| And heigh that her huntsman I might be | D |
| I'd hunt and fish right merrily | D |
| Be silent heart | B |
| - | |
| And it chanced that after this some time | E |
| Rohtraut Beauty Rohtraut | B |
| The boy in the Castle has gained access | F |
| And a horse he has got and a huntsman's dress | F |
| To hunt and to fish with the merry Princess | F |
| And O that a king's son I might be | D |
| Beauty Rohtraut I love so tenderly | D |
| Hush hush my heart | B |
| - | |
| Under a grey old oak they sat | B |
| Beauty Beauty Rohtraut | B |
| She laughs 'Why look you so slyly at me | D |
| If you have heart enough come kiss me ' | - |
| Cried the breathless boy 'kiss thee ' | - |
| But he thinks kind fortune has favoured my youth | G |
| And thrice he has kissed Beauty Rohtraut's mouth | H |
| Down down mad heart | B |
| - | |
| Then slowly and silently they rode home | I |
| Rohtraut Beauty Rohtraut | B |
| The boy was lost in his delight | B |
| 'And wert thou Empress this very night | B |
| I would not heed or feel the blight | B |
| Ye thousand leaves of the wild wood wist | B |
| How Beauty Rohtraut's mouth I kiss'd | B |
| Hush hush wild heart ' | - |
George Meredith
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