The Boundaries Of Humanity Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KALMNOPQRS TCUFBVAW XKBYZA2A2B2 UC2D2TD2U| WHEN the primeval | A |
| All holy Father | B |
| Sows with a tranquil hand | C |
| From clouds as they roll | D |
| Bliss spreading lightnings | E |
| Over the earth | F |
| Then do I kiss the last | G |
| Hem of his garment | H |
| While by a childlike awe | I |
| Fill'd is my breast | J |
| - | |
| For with immortals | K |
| Ne'er may a mortal | A |
| Measure himself | L |
| If he soar upwards | M |
| And if he touch | N |
| With his forehead the stars | O |
| Nowhere will rest then | P |
| His insecure feet | Q |
| And with him sport | R |
| Tempest and cloud | S |
| - | |
| Though with firm sinewy | T |
| Limbs he may stand | C |
| On the enduring | U |
| Well grounded earth | F |
| All he is ever | B |
| Able to do | V |
| Is to resemble | A |
| The oak or the vine | W |
| - | |
| Wherein do gods | X |
| Differ from mortals | K |
| In that the former | B |
| See endless billows | Y |
| Heaving before them | Z |
| Us doth the billow | A2 |
| Lift up and swallow | A2 |
| So that we perish | B2 |
| - | |
| Small is the ring | U |
| Enclosing our life | C2 |
| And whole generations | D2 |
| Link themselves firmly | T |
| On to existence's | D2 |
| Chain never ending | U |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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