Lying In Grass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHGIJKEJFHLGMN OIIIP Q R

Is this everything now the quick delusions of flowersA
And the down colors of the bright summer meadowB
The soft blue spread of heaven the bees' songC
Is this everything only a god'sD
Groaning dreamE
The cry of unconscious powers for deliveranceF
The distant line of the mountainG
That beautifully and courageously rests in the blueH
Is this too only a convulsionG
Only the wild strain of fermenting natureI
Only grief only agony only meaningless fumblingJ
Never resting never a blessed movementK
No Leave me alone you impure dreamE
Of the world in sufferingJ
The dance of tiny insects cradles you in an evening radianceF
The bird's cry cradles youH
A breath of wind cools my foreheadL
With consolationG
Leave me alone you unendurably old human griefM
Let it all be painN
Let it all be suffering let it be wretchedO
But not this one sweet hour in the summerI
And not the fragrance of the red cloverI
And not the deep tender pleasureI
In my soulP
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Translated by James WrightQ
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Submitted by HoltR

Hermann Hesse



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