Prometheus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACDEFGH IAEAAEJAA KLAMANA EAOELPQAR SARARTUVE EVAWX AYEZA2B2S| COVER thy spacious heavens Zeus | A |
| With clouds of mist | B |
| And like the boy who lops | A |
| The thistles' heads | A |
| Disport with oaks and mountain peaks | A |
| Yet thou must leave | C |
| My earth still standing | D |
| My cottage too which was not raised by thee | E |
| Leave me my hearth | F |
| Whose kindly glow | G |
| By thee is envied | H |
| - | |
| I know nought poorer | I |
| Under the sun than ye gods | A |
| Ye nourish painfully | E |
| With sacrifices | A |
| And votive prayers | A |
| Your majesty | E |
| Ye would e'en starve | J |
| If children and beggars | A |
| Were not trusting fools | A |
| - | |
| While yet a child | K |
| And ignorant of life | L |
| I turned my wandering gaze | A |
| Up tow'rd the sun as if with him | M |
| There were an ear to hear my wailings | A |
| A heart like mine | N |
| To feel compassion for distress | A |
| - | |
| Who help'd me | E |
| Against the Titans' insolence | A |
| Who rescued me from certain death | O |
| From slavery | E |
| Didst thou not do all this thyself | L |
| My sacred glowing heart | P |
| And glowedst young and good | Q |
| Deceived with grateful thanks | A |
| To yonder slumbering one | R |
| - | |
| I honour thee and why | S |
| Hast thou e'er lighten'd the sorrows | A |
| Of the heavy laden | R |
| Hast thou e'er dried up the tears | A |
| Of the anguish stricken | R |
| Was I not fashion'd to be a man | T |
| By omnipotent Time | U |
| And by eternal Fate | V |
| Masters of me and thee | E |
| - | |
| Didst thou e'er fancy | E |
| That life I should learn to hate | V |
| And fly to deserts | A |
| Because not all | W |
| My blossoming dreams grew ripe | X |
| - | |
| Here sit I forming mortals | A |
| After my image | Y |
| A race resembling me | E |
| To suffer to weep | Z |
| To enjoy to be glad | A2 |
| And thee to scorn | B2 |
| As I | S |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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