Comfort In Tears Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC D E FG F C HI H J KL K M NO N P GD G Q RS R S TU THow happens it that thou art sad | A |
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While happy all appear | B |
Thine eye proclaims too well that thou | C |
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Hast wept full many a tear | D |
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If I have wept in solitude | E |
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None other shares my grief | F |
And tears to me sweet balsam are | G |
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And give my heart relief | F |
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Thy happy friends invite thee now | C |
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Oh come then to our breast | H |
And let the loss thou hast sustain'd | I |
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Be there to us confess'd | H |
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Ye shout torment me knowing not | J |
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What 'tis afflicteth me | K |
Ah no I have sustained no loss | L |
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Whate'er may wanting be | K |
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If so it is arise in haste | M |
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Thou'rt young and full of life | N |
At years like thine man's blest with strength | O |
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And courage for the strife | N |
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Ah no in vain 'twould be to strive | P |
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The thing I seek is far | G |
It dwells as high it gleams as fair | D |
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As yonder glitt'ring star | G |
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The stars we never long to clasp | Q |
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We revel in their light | R |
And with enchantment upward gaze | S |
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Each clear and radiant night | R |
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And I with rapture upward gaze | S |
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On many a blissful day | T |
Then let me pass the night in tears | U |
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Till tears are wip'd away | T |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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