Christel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA CD ED E F GF GH IH I J KJ KL MN M I OI OP QP Q R SR ST UT U| My senses ofttimes are oppress'd | A |
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| Oft stagnant is my blood | B |
| But when by Christel's sight I'm blest | A |
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| I feel my strength renew'd | C |
| I see her here I see her there | D |
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| And really cannot tell | E |
| The manner how the when the where | D |
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| The why I love her well | E |
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| If with the merest glance I view | F |
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| Her black and roguish eyes | G |
| And gaze on her black eyebrows too | F |
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| My spirit upward flies | G |
| Has any one a mouth so sweet | H |
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| Such love round cheeks as she | I |
| Ah when the eye her beauties meet | H |
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| It ne'er content can be | I |
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| And when in airy German dance | J |
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| I clasp her form divine | K |
| So quick we whirl so quick advance | J |
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| What rapture then like mine | K |
| And when she's giddy and feels warm | L |
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| I cradle her poor thing | M |
| Upon my breast and in mine arm | N |
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| I'm then a very king | M |
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| And when she looks with love on me | I |
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| Forgetting all but this | O |
| When press'd against my bosom she | I |
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| Exchanges kiss for kiss | O |
| All through my marrow runs a thrill | P |
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| Runs e'en my foot along | Q |
| I feel so well I feel so ill | P |
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| I feel so weak so strong | Q |
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| Would that such moments ne'er would end | R |
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| The day ne'er long I find | S |
| Could I the night too with her spend | R |
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| E'en that I should not mind | S |
| If she were in mine arms but held | T |
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| To quench love's thirst I'd try | U |
| And could my torments not be quell'd | T |
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| Upon her breast would die | U |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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