The Metamorphosis Of Plants Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BC DE FG HI JK LA JC ME NI OP QP RO SO TA UI GA PV WX RP OE YP ZC OC A2C B2C2 AC OO OI OD2 CE2 OF2 G2I OE OA OH2 A2A2 OA2 OO I2A O

THOU art confused my beloved at seeing the thousandfold unionA
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Shown in this flowery troop over the garden dispers'dB
any a name dost thou hear assign'd one after anotherC
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Falls on thy list'ning ear with a barbarian soundD
None resembleth another yet all their forms have a likenessE
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Therefore a mystical law is by the chorus proclaim'dF
Yes a sacred enigma Oh dearest friend could I onlyG
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Happily teach thee the word which may the mystery solveH
Closely observe how the plant by little and little progressingI
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Step by step guided on changeth to blossom and fruitJ
First from the seed it unravels itself as soon as the silentK
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Fruit bearing womb of the earth kindly allows Its escapeL
And to the charms of the light the holy the ever in motionA
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Trusteth the delicate leaves feebly beginning to shootJ
Simply slumber'd the force in the seed a germ of the futureC
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Peacefully lock'd in itself 'neath the integument layM
Leaf and root and bud still void of colour and shapelessE
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Thus doth the kernel while dry cover that motionless lifeN
Upward then strives it to swell in gentle moisture confidingI
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And from the night where it dwelt straightway ascendeth to lightO
Yet still simple remaineth its figure when first it appearethP
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And 'tis a token like this points out the child 'mid the plantsQ
Soon a shoot succeeding it riseth on high and renewethP
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Piling up node upon node ever the primitive formR
Yet not ever alike for the following leaf as thou seestO
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Ever produceth itself fashioned in manifold waysS
Longer more indented in points and in parts more dividedO
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Which all deform'd until now slept in the organ belowT
So at length it attaineth the noble and destined perfectionA
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Which in full many a tribe fills thee with wondering aweU
Many ribb'd and tooth'd on a surface juicy and swellingI
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Free and unending the shoot seemeth in fullness to beG
Yet here Nature restraineth with powerful hands the formationA
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And to a perfecter end guideth with softness its growthP
Less abundantly yielding the sap contracting the vesselsV
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So that the figure ere long gentler effects doth discloseW
Soon and in silence is check'd the growth of the vigorous branchesX
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And the rib of the stalk fuller becometh in formR
Leafless however and quick the tenderer stem then up springethP
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And a miraculous sight doth the observer enchantO
Ranged in a circle in numbers that now are small and now countlessE
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Gather the smaller sized leaves close by the side of their likeY
Round the axis compress'd the sheltering calyx unfoldethP
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And as the perfectest type brilliant hued coronals formsZ
Thus doth Nature bloom in glory still nobler and fullerC
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Showing in order arranged member on member uprear'dO
Wonderment fresh dost thou feel as soon as the stem rears the flowerC
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Over the scaffolding frail of the alternating leavesA2
But this glory is only the new creation's foretellerC
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Yes the leaf with its hues feeleth the hand all divineB2
And on a sudden contracteth itself the tenderest figuresC2
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Twofold as yet hasten on destined to blend into oneA
Lovingly now the beauteous pairs are standing togetherC
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Gather'd in countless array there where the altar is raisedO
Hymen hovereth o'er them and scents delicious and mightyO
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Stream forth their fragrance so sweet all things enliv'ning aroundO
Presently parcell'd out unnumber'd germs are seen swellingI
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Sweetly conceald in the womb where is made perfect the fruitO
Here doth Nature close the ring of her forces eternalD2
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Yet doth a new one at once cling to the one gone beforeC
So that the chain be prolonged for ever through all generationsE2
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And that the whole may have life e'en as enjoy'd by each partO
Now my beloved one turn thy gaze on the many hued thousandsF2
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Which confusing no more gladden the mind as they waveG2
Every plant unto thee proclaimeth the laws everlastingI
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Every flowered speaks louder and louder to theeO
But if thou here canst decipher the mystic words of the goddessE
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Everywhere will they be seen e'en though the features are changedO
Creeping insects may linger the eager butterfly hastenA
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Plastic and forming may man change e'en the figure decreedO
Oh then bethink thee as well how out of the germ of acquaintanceH2
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Kindly intercourse sprang slowly unfolding its leavesA2
Soon how friendship with might unveil'd itself in our bosomsA2
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And how Amor at length brought forth blossom and fruitO
Think of the manifold ways wherein Nature hath lent to our feelingsA2
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Silently giving them birth either the first or the lastO
Yes and rejoice in the present day For love that is holyO
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Seeketh the noblest of fruits that where the thoughts are the sameI2
Where the opinions agree that the pair may in rapt contemplationA
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Lovingly blend into one find the more excellent worldO

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe



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