The Shepherd's Lament Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC B D EF E G HC H I FJ F C KL K G FG F| ON yonder lofty mountain | A |
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| A thousand times I stand | B |
| And on my staff reclining | C |
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| Look down on the smiling land | B |
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| My grazing flocks then I follow | D |
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| My dog protecting them well | E |
| I find myself in the valley | F |
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| But how I scarcely can tell | E |
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| The whole of the meadow is cover'd | G |
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| With flowers of beauty rare | H |
| I pluck them but pluck them unknowing | C |
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| To whom the offering to bear | H |
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| In rain and storm and tempest | I |
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| I tarry beneath the tree | F |
| But closed remaineth yon portal | J |
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| 'Tis all but a vision to me | F |
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| High over yonder dwelling | C |
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| There rises a rainbow gay | K |
| But she from home hath departed | L |
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| And wander'd far far away | K |
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| Yes far away bath she wander'd | G |
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| Perchance e'en over the sea | F |
| Move onward ye sheep then move onward | G |
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| Full sad the shepherd must be | F |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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