The Spinner Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA B C DC D E FE F G HG H I JI J K LK L M NM N| As I calmly sat and span | A |
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| Toiling with all zeal | B |
| Lo a young and handsome man | A |
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| Pass'd my spinning wheel | B |
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| And he praised what harm was there | C |
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| Sweet the things he said | D |
| Praised my flax resembling hair | C |
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| And the even thread | D |
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| He with this was not content | E |
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| But must needs do more | F |
| And in twain the thread was rent | E |
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| Though 'twas safe before | F |
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| And the flax's stonelike weight | G |
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| Needed to be told | H |
| But no longer was its state | G |
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| Valued as of old | H |
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| When I took it to the weaver | I |
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| Something felt I start | J |
| And more quickly as with fever | I |
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| Throbb'd my trembling heart | J |
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| Then I bear the thread at length | K |
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| Through the heat to bleach | L |
| But alas I scarce have strength | K |
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| To the pool to reach | L |
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| What I in my little room | M |
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| Span so fine and slight | N |
| As was likely I presume | M |
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| Came at last to light | N |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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