Prometheus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACDEFGH IAEAAEJAA KLAMANA EAOELPQAR SARARTUVE EVAWX AYEZA2B2SCOVER 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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