Effects At A Distance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA B C CDD E EF G H HDD I JI J K KLL M NM N J JLL O PO O J JJJ O KO Q O OOO| THE queen in the lofty hall takes her place | A |
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| The tapers around her are flaming | B |
| She speaks to the page With a nimble pace | A |
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| Go fetch me my purse for gaming | B |
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| 'Tis lying I'll pledge | C |
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| On my table's edge | C |
| Each nerve the nimble boy straineth | D |
| And the end of the castle soon gaineth | D |
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| The fairest of maidens was sipping sherbet | E |
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| Beside the queen that minute | E |
| Near her mouth broke the cup and she got so wet | F |
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| The very devil seem'd in it | G |
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| What fearful distress | H |
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| 'Tis spoilt her gay dress | H |
| She hastens and ev'ry nerve straineth | D |
| And the end of the castle soon gaineth | D |
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| The boy was returning and quickly came | I |
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| And met the sorrowing maiden | J |
| None knew of the fact and yet with Love's flame | I |
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| Those two had their hearts full laden | J |
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| And oh the bliss | K |
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| Of a moment like this | K |
| Each falls on the breast of the other | L |
| With kisses that well nigh might smother | L |
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| They tear themselves asunder at last | M |
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| To her chamber she hastens quickly | N |
| To reach the queen the page hies him fast | M |
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| Midst the swords and the fans crowded thickly | N |
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| The queen spied amain | J |
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| On his waistcoat a stain | J |
| For nought was inscrutable to her | L |
| Like Sheba's queen Solomon's wooer | L |
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| To her chief attendant she forthwith cried | O |
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| We lately together contended | P |
| And thou didst assert with obstinate pride | O |
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| That the spirit through space never wended | O |
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| That traces alone | J |
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| By the present were shown | J |
| That afar nought was fashion'd not even | J |
| By the stars that illumine you heaven | J |
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| Now see while a goblet beside me they drain'd | O |
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| They spilt all the drink in the chalice | K |
| And straightway the boy had his waistcoat stain'd | O |
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| At the furthermost end of the palace | Q |
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| Let them newly be clad | O |
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| And since I am glad | O |
| That it served as a proof so decided | O |
| The cost will by me be provided | O |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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