The Minstrel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA BCC D C EC EFF D G HG HII I J KJ KLL I C MC MCC I C CC CJJ I| WHAT tuneful strains salute mine ear | A |
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| Without the castle walls | B |
| Oh let the song re echo here | A |
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| Within our festal halls | B |
| Thus spake the king the page out hied | C |
| The boy return'd the monarch cried | C |
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| Admit the old man yonder | D |
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| All hail ye noble lords to night | C |
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| All hail ye beauteous dames | E |
| Star placed by star What heavenly sight | C |
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| Whoe'er can tell their names | E |
| Within this glittering hall sublime | F |
| Be closed mine eyes 'tis not the time | F |
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| For me to feast my wonder | D |
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| The minstrel straightway closed his eyes | G |
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| And woke a thrilling tone | H |
| The knights look'd on in knightly guise | G |
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| Fair looks tow'rd earth were thrown | H |
| The monarch ravish'd by the strain | I |
| Bade them bring forth a golden chain | I |
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| To be his numbers' guerdon | I |
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| The golden chain give not to me | J |
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| But give the chain to those | K |
| In whose bold face we shiver'd see | J |
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| The lances of our foes | K |
| Or give it to thy chancellor there | L |
| With other burdens he may bear | L |
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| This one more golden burden | I |
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| I sing like birds of blithesome note | C |
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| That in the branches dwell | M |
| The song that rises from the throat | C |
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| Repays the minstrel well | M |
| One boon I'd crave if not too bold | C |
| One bumper in a cup of gold | C |
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| Be as my guerdon given | I |
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| The bowl he raised the bowl he quaff'd | C |
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| Oh drink with solace fraught | C |
| Oh house thrice blest where such a draught | C |
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| A trifling gift is thought | C |
| When Fortune smiles remember me | J |
| And as I thank you heartily | J |
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| As warmly thank ye Heaven | I |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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