Forsaken. (from The German) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG EHEH| Something the heart must have to cherish | A |
| Must love and joy and sorrow learn | B |
| Something with passion clasp or perish | A |
| And in itself to ashes burn | B |
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| So to this child my heart is clinging | C |
| And its frank eyes with look intense | D |
| Me from a world of sin are bringing | C |
| Back to a world of innocence | E |
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| Disdain must thou endure for ever | F |
| Strong may thy heart in danger be | G |
| Thou shalt not fail but ah be never | F |
| False as thy father was to me | G |
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| Never will I forsake thee faithless | E |
| And thou thy mother ne'er forsake | H |
| Until her lips are white and breathless | E |
| Until in death her eyes shall break | H |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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