Death Of Ta-te-psin Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACAADEDFGHGICJCEKI LI MMMMNMMM E OOOPQOOP RSRETUVWMXSYXQ P XSEEEESQSEZA2B2PSESQ SYSPPQPQ C2QC2Q ED2ED2The long winter wanes On the wings | A |
of the spring come the geese and the mallards | B |
On the bare oak the red robin sings | A |
and the crocus peeps up on the prairies | C |
And the bobolink pipes but he brings | A |
of the blue eyed brave White Chief no tidings | A |
With the waning of winter alas | D |
waned the life of the aged Ta te psin | E |
Ere the wild pansies peeped from the grass | D |
to the Land of the Spirits he journeyed | F |
Like a babe in its slumber he passed | G |
or the snow from the hill tops of April | H |
And the dark eyed Winona at last | G |
stood alone by the graves of her kindred | I |
When their myriad mouths opened the trees | C |
to the sweet dew of heaven and the raindrops | J |
And the April showers fell on the leas | C |
on his mound fell the tears of Winona | E |
Round her drooping form gathered the years | K |
and the spirits unseen of her kindred | I |
As low in the midst of her tears | L |
at the grave of her father she chanted | I |
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E yo tan han e yay wah ke yay | M |
E yo tan han e yay wah ke yay | M |
E yo tan han e yay wah ke yay | M |
Ma kah kin hay chay dan tay han wan kay | M |
Tu way ne ktay snee e yay chen e wah chay | N |
E yo tan han e yay wah ke yay | M |
E yo tan han e yay wah ke yay | M |
Ma kah kin hay chay dan tay han wan kay | M |
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TRANSLATION | E |
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Sore is my sorrow | O |
Sore is my sorrow | O |
Sore is my sorrow | O |
The earth alone lasts | P |
I speak as one dying | Q |
Sore is my sorrow | O |
Sore is my sorrow | O |
The earth alone lasts | P |
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Still hope like a star in the night | R |
gleaming oft through the broken clouds somber | S |
Cheered the heart of Winona and bright | R |
on her dreams beamed the face of the Frenchman | E |
As the thought of a loved one and lost | T |
sad and sweet were her thoughts of the White Chief | U |
In the moon's mellow light like a ghost | V |
walked Winona alone by the Ha Ha | W |
Ever wrapped in a dream Far away | M |
to the land of the sunrise she wandered | X |
On the blue rolling Tanka Mede BR | S |
in the midst of her dreams she beheld him | Y |
In his white winged canoe like a bird | X |
to the land of Dakotas returning | Q |
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BR Lake Superior The Gitchee Gumee of the Chippewas | P |
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And often in fancy she heard | X |
the dip of his oars on the river | S |
On the dark waters glimmered the moon | E |
but she saw not the boat of the Frenchman | E |
On the somber night bugled the loon | E |
but she heard not the song of the boatmen | E |
The moon waxed and waned but the star | S |
of her hope never waned to the setting | Q |
Through her tears she beheld it afar | S |
like a torch on the eastern horizon | E |
He will come he is coming she said | Z |
he will come for my White Eagle promised | A2 |
And low to the bare earth the maid | B2 |
bent her ear for the sound of his footsteps | P |
He is gone but his voice in my ear | S |
still remains like the voice of the robin | E |
He is far but his footsteps I hear | S |
he is coming my White Chief is coming | Q |
But the moon waxed and waned Nevermore | S |
will the eyes of Winona behold him | Y |
Far away on the dark rugged shore | S |
of the blue Gitchee Gumee he lingers | P |
No tidings the rising sun brings | P |
no tidings the star of the evening | Q |
But morning and evening she sings | P |
like a turtle dove widowed and waiting | Q |
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Ake u ake u ake u | C2 |
Ma cante maseeca | Q |
Ake u ake u ake u | C2 |
Ma cante maseca | Q |
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Come again come again come again | E |
For my heart is sad | D2 |
Come again come again come again | E |
For my heart is sad | D2 |
Hanford Lennox Gordon
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