Kaspar Is Dead Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD E C FA GB HIJ KLMAA JJ AA NO AA A AB| Translated by G P Skratz | A |
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| o god our kaspar is dead | B |
| now there's no one to steal away with the burning flag | C |
| snap it every day in the dark cloud's braided hair | D |
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| no one to crank the coffee mill in the ancient cask | E |
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| no one to conjure idyllic deer from the petrified grocery bag | C |
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| no one to sniff ships umbrellas bee keepers udders of wind | F |
| spindles of ozone no one to filet the pyramids | A |
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| o god god god our good old kaspar is dead lord lord | G |
| kaspar is dead | B |
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| heart broken shark's teeth rattle with grief in the belfry | H |
| when we utter his given name so i stick to his last | I |
| sighing kaspar kaspar kaspar | J |
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| why have you deserted us what form has your great soul | K |
| wandered into now have you become a star or a chain of | L |
| water on a hot whirlwind or a plump breast of black light | M |
| or a transparent brick on the groaning drum of the rocks | A |
| of existence | A |
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| o now the crowns of our heads the soles of our feet wither | J |
| away angels smolder on the funeral pyre | J |
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| the dark bowling alley thunders behind the sun there's | A |
| no one to wind the compasses the wheels of wheelbarrows | A |
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| no one to dine with the phosphorescent rat at the barefoot | N |
| table | O |
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| no one to drive off the wind devil when he tries to seduce | A |
| the horses | A |
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| no one to teach us monograms in the stars | A |
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| his bust will adorn all truly noble firesides but there is | A |
| no snuff comfort for a dead head | B |
Jean Arp
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