Morning Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEFG EHE IEJGJ JKJJL LJLK KGAMLGLE KNEAEL GEJLEGA LLELK GJALJKGJ| OH thou cruel deadly lovely maiden | A |
| Tell me what great sin have I committed | B |
| That thou keep'st me to the rack thus fasten'd | C |
| That thou hast thy solemn promise broken | A |
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| 'Twas but yestere'en that thou with fondness | D |
| Press'd my hand and these sweet accents murmured | E |
| Yes I'll come I'll come when morn approacheth | F |
| Come my friend full surely to thy chamber | G |
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| On the latch I left my doors unfasten'd | E |
| Having first with care tried all the hinges | H |
| And rejoic'd right well to find they creak'd not | E |
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| What a night of expectation pass'd I | I |
| For I watch'd and ev'ry chime I number'd | E |
| If perchance I slept a few short moments | J |
| Still my heart remain'd awake forever | G |
| And awoke me from my gentle slumbers | J |
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| Yes then bless'd I night's o'erhanging darkness | J |
| That so calmly cover'd all things round me | K |
| I enjoy'd the universal silence | J |
| While I listen'd ever in the silence | J |
| If perchance the slightest sounds were stirring | L |
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| Had she only thoughts my thoughts resembling | L |
| Had she only feelings like my feelings | J |
| She would not await the dawn of morning | L |
| But ere this would surely have been with me | K |
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| Skipp'd a kitten on the floor above me | K |
| Scratch'd a mouse a panel in the corner | G |
| Was there in the house the slightest motion | A |
| Ever hoped I that I heard thy footstep | M |
| Ever thought I that I heard thee coming | L |
| And so lay I long and ever longer | G |
| And already was the daylight dawning | L |
| And both here and there were signs of movement | E |
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| Is it yon door Were it my door only | K |
| In my bed I lean'd upon my elbow | N |
| Looking tow'rd the door now half apparent | E |
| If perchance it might not be in motion | A |
| Both the wings upon the latch continued | E |
| On the quiet hinges calmly hanging | L |
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| And the day grew bright and brighter ever | G |
| And I heard my neighbour's door unbolted | E |
| As he went to earn his daily wages | J |
| And ere long I heard the waggons rumbling | L |
| And the city gates were also open'd | E |
| While the market place in ev'ry corner | G |
| Teem'd with life and bustle and confusion | A |
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| In the house was going now and coming | L |
| Up and down the stairs and doors were creaking | L |
| Backwards now now forwards footsteps clatter'd | E |
| Yet as though it were a thing all living | L |
| From my cherish'd hope I could not tear me | K |
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| When at length the sun in hated splendour | G |
| Fell upon my walls upon my windows | J |
| Up I sprang and hasten'd to the garden | A |
| There to blend my breath so hot and yearning | L |
| With the cool refreshing morning breezes | J |
| And it might be even there to meet thee | K |
| But I cannot find thee in the arbour | G |
| Or the avenue of lofty lindens | J |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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