Prometheus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACDEFGH IAEAAEJAA KLAMANA EAOELPQAR SARARTUVE EVAWX AYEZA2B2S

COVER thy spacious heavens ZeusA
With clouds of mistB
And like the boy who lopsA
The thistles' headsA
Disport with oaks and mountain peaksA
Yet thou must leaveC
My earth still standingD
My cottage too which was not raised by theeE
Leave me my hearthF
Whose kindly glowG
By thee is enviedH
-
I know nought poorerI
Under the sun than ye godsA
Ye nourish painfullyE
With sacrificesA
And votive prayersA
Your majestyE
Ye would e'en starveJ
If children and beggarsA
Were not trusting foolsA
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While yet a childK
And ignorant of lifeL
I turned my wandering gazeA
Up tow'rd the sun as if with himM
There were an ear to hear my wailingsA
A heart like mineN
To feel compassion for distressA
-
Who help'd meE
Against the Titans' insolenceA
Who rescued me from certain deathO
From slaveryE
Didst thou not do all this thyselfL
My sacred glowing heartP
And glowedst young and goodQ
Deceived with grateful thanksA
To yonder slumbering oneR
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I honour thee and whyS
Hast thou e'er lighten'd the sorrowsA
Of the heavy ladenR
Hast thou e'er dried up the tearsA
Of the anguish strickenR
Was I not fashion'd to be a manT
By omnipotent TimeU
And by eternal FateV
Masters of me and theeE
-
Didst thou e'er fancyE
That life I should learn to hateV
And fly to desertsA
Because not allW
My blossoming dreams grew ripeX
-
Here sit I forming mortalsA
After my imageY
A race resembling meE
To suffer to weepZ
To enjoy to be gladA2
And thee to scornB2
As IS

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe



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