Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BB B C DC E F GF G B HB H| To break one's word is pleasure fraught | A |
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| To do one's duty gives a smart | B |
| While man alas will promise nought | B |
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| That is repugnant to his heart | B |
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| Using some magic strains of yore | C |
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| Thou lurest him when scarcely calm | D |
| On to sweet folly's fragile bark once more | C |
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| Renewing doubling chance of harm | E |
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| Why seek to hide thyself from me | F |
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| Fly not my sight be open then | G |
| Known late or early it must be | F |
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| And here thou hast thy word again | G |
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| My duty is fulfill'd to day | B |
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| No longer will I guard thee from surprise | H |
| But oh forgive the friend who from thee turns away | B |
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| And to himself for refuge flies | H |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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