Living Remembrance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAA BCC B DDD EFF E BBB GHH G III JGG J| HALF vex'd half pleased thy love will feel | A |
| Shouldst thou her knot or ribbon steal | A |
| To thee they're much I won't conceal | A |
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| Such self deceit may pardon'd be | B |
| A veil a kerchief garter rings | C |
| In truth are no mean trifling things | C |
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| But still they're not enough for me | B |
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| She who is dearest to my heart | D |
| Gave me with well dissembled smart | D |
| Of her own life a living part | D |
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| No charm in aught beside I trace | E |
| How do I scorn thy paltry ware | F |
| A lock she gave me of the hair | F |
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| That wantons o'er her beauteous face | E |
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| If loved one we must sever'd be | B |
| Wouldst thou not wholly fly from me | B |
| I still possess this legacy | B |
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| To look at and to kiss in play | G |
| My fate is to the hair's allied | H |
| We used to woo her with like pride | H |
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| And now we both are far away | G |
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| Her charms with equal joy we press'd | I |
| Her swelling cheeks anon caress'd | I |
| Lured onward by a yearning blest | I |
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| Upon her heaving bosom fell | J |
| Oh rival free from envy's sway | G |
| Thou precious gift thou beauteous prey | G |
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| Remain my joy and bliss to tell | J |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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