The Bow And The Strings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNLO NPNO QERS T| How dark and heavy s the delirium s embrace | A |
| How they re turbid under moon the heights | B |
| To have touched Violin for so many years | C |
| And not distinguish those Strings in light | D |
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| Who craves for us Who insolent has set | E |
| In flames two faces yellow and vexed | F |
| And suddenly the saddened Bow felt | G |
| That someone took them and forever merged | H |
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| How long ago it was as in a dream | I |
| Tell me trough dark are you the same one else | J |
| And Strings pressed close caressing to him | K |
| Ringing and tossing in their fond caress | L |
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| Is that all true that it s enough God blessed | M |
| That we shall never ever part again | N |
| And poor Violin replied him always yes | L |
| Though its heart was sinking in sharp pain | O |
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| Bow fell silent understanding then | N |
| But poor Violin still echoed its complaint | P |
| And what seemed music to the most men | N |
| To both of them was everlasting pain | O |
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| The man didn t blow till the night was gone | Q |
| The candles And the Strings were singing yet | E |
| And they were found drained of strength by sun | R |
| On the black velvet of the sleepless bed | S |
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| Translated by Yevgeny Bonver January | T |
Innokenty Fedorovich Annensky
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