The Spring Oracle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEE FFGGHHEE IICBJJEK IILMIIEK NNOODDEK| OH prophetic bird so bright | A |
| Blossom songster cuckoo bight | A |
| In the fairest time of year | B |
| Dearest bird oh deign to hear | C |
| What a youthful pair would pray | D |
| Do thou call if hope they may | D |
| Thy cuck oo thy cuck oo | E |
| Ever more cuck oo cuck oo | E |
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| Hearest thou A loving pair | F |
| Fain would to the altar fare | F |
| Yes a pair in happy youth | G |
| Full of virtue full of truth | G |
| Is the hour not fix'd by fate | H |
| Say how long must they still wait | H |
| Hark cuck oo hark cuck oo | E |
| Silent yet for shame cuck oo | E |
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| 'Tis not our fault certainly | I |
| Only two years patient be | I |
| But if we ourselves please here | C |
| Will pa pa papas appear | B |
| Know that thou'lt more kindness do us | J |
| More thou'lt prophesy unto us | J |
| One cuck oo Two cuck oo | E |
| Ever ever cuck oo cuck oo coo | K |
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| If we've calculated clearly | I |
| We have half a dozen nearly | I |
| If good promises we'll give | L |
| Wilt thou say how long we'II live | M |
| Truly we'll confess to thee | I |
| We'd prolong it willingly | I |
| Coo cuck oo coo cuck oo | E |
| Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo | K |
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| Life is one continued feast | N |
| If we keep no score at least | N |
| If now we together dwell | O |
| Will true love remain as well | O |
| For if that should e'er decay | D |
| Happiness would pass away | D |
| Coo cuck oo coo cuck oo | E |
| Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo | K |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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