Legend Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA BCC DCCE FFG| THERE lived in the desert a holy man | A |
| - | |
| To whom a goat footed Faun one day | B |
| Paid a visit and thus began | A |
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| To his surprise 'I entreat thee to pray | B |
| That grace to me and my friends may be given | C |
| That we may be able to mount to Heaven | C |
| For great is our thirst for heav'nly bliss ' | - |
| The holy man made answer to this | D |
| 'Much danger is lurking in thy petition | C |
| Nor will it be easy to gain admission | C |
| Thou dost not come with an angel's salute | E |
| For I see thou wearest a cloven foot ' | - |
| The wild man paused and then answer'd he | F |
| 'What doth my goat's foot matter to thee | F |
| Full many I've known into heaven to pass | G |
| Straight and with ease with the head of an ass ' | - |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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