Book Of Suleika - The Sublime Type Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA B C DC D E FE F F GH G G IG I G JG K| THE sun whom Grecians Helms call | A |
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| His heavenly path with pride doth tread | B |
| And to subdue the world's wide all | A |
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| Looks round beneath him high o'er head | B |
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| He sees the fairest goddess pine | C |
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| Heaven's child the daughter of the clouds | D |
| For her alone he seems to shine | C |
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| In trembling grief his form he shrouds | D |
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| Careless for all the realms of bliss | E |
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| Her streaming tears more swiftly flow | F |
| For every pearl he gives a kiss | E |
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| And changeth into joy her woe | F |
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| She gazeth upward fixedly | F |
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| And deeply feels his glance of might | G |
| While stamped with his own effigy | H |
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| Each pearl would range itself aright | G |
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| Thus wreath'd with bows with hues thus grac'd | G |
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| With gladness beams her face so fair | I |
| While he to meet her maketh haste | G |
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| And yet alas can reach her ne'er | I |
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| So by the harsh decree of Fate | G |
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| Thou modest from me dearest one | J |
| And were I Helms e'en the Great | G |
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| What would avail his chariot throne | K |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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