Preservation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B BA C D DC E F FE G H IG A J KA L M MN| My maiden she proved false to me | A |
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| To hate all joys I soon began | B |
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| Then to a flowing stream I ran | B |
| The stream ran past me hastily | A |
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| There stood I fix'd in mute despair | C |
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| My head swam round as in a dream | D |
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| I well nigh fell into the stream | D |
| And earth seem'd with me whirling there | C |
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| Sudden I heard a voice that cried | E |
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| I had just turn'd my face from thence | F |
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| It was a voice to charm each sense | F |
| Beware for deep is yonder tide | E |
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| A thrill my blood pervaded now | G |
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| I look'd and saw a beauteous maid | H |
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| I asked her name twas Kate she said | I |
| Oh lovely Kate how kind art thou | G |
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| From death I have been sav'd by thee | A |
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| 'Tis through thee only that I live | J |
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| Little 'twere life alone to give | K |
| My joy in life then deign to be | A |
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| And then I told my sorrows o'er | L |
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| Her eyes to earth she sweetly threw | M |
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| I kiss'd her and she kiss'd me too | M |
| And then I talked of death no more | N |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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