Spirit Song Over The Waters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDCB EFGEHIEJKL KMJNO PJQRC KSBK ABAT| THE soul of man | A |
| Resembleth water | B |
| From heaven it cometh | C |
| To heaven it soareth | C |
| And then again | D |
| To earth descendeth | C |
| Changing ever | B |
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| Down from the lofty | E |
| Rocky wall | F |
| Streams the bright flood | G |
| Then spreadeth gently | E |
| In cloudy billows | H |
| O'er the smooth rock | I |
| And welcomed kindly | E |
| Veiling on roams it | J |
| Soft murmuring | K |
| Tow'rd the abyss | L |
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| Cliffs projecting | K |
| Oppose its progress | M |
| Angrily foams it | J |
| Down to the bottom | N |
| Step by step | O |
| - | |
| Now in flat channel | P |
| Through the meadowland steals it | J |
| And in the polish'd lake | Q |
| Each constellation | R |
| Joyously peepeth | C |
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| Wind is the loving | K |
| Wooer of waters | S |
| Wind blends together | B |
| Billows all foaming | K |
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| Spirit of man | A |
| Thou art like unto water | B |
| Fortune of man | A |
| Thou art like unto wind | T |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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