The Traveller And The Farm-maiden Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B C CB A A D EA A A E EA A C C CC A C B BC A C A AC A A F FA A G A AG A B C CB A H A AH A I I II A J B BJ A B F FB A C C CC

HEA
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CANST thou give oh fair and matchless maidenB
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'Neath the shadow of the lindens yonderC
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Where I'd fain one moment cease to wanderC
Food and drink to one so heavy ladenB
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SHEA
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Wouldst thou find refreshment traveller wearyA
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Bread ripe fruit and cream to meet thy wishesD
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None but Nature's plain and homely dishesE
Near the spring may soothe thy wanderings drearyA
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HEA
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Dreams of old acquaintance now pass through meA
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Ne'er forgotten queen of hours of blissesE
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Likenesses I've often found but this isE
One that quite a marvel seemeth to meA
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SHEA
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Travellers often wonder beyond measureC
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But their wonder soon see cause to smotherC
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Fair and dark are often like each otherC
Both inspire the mind with equal pleasureC
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HEA
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Not now for the first time I surrenderC
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To this form in humble adorationB
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It was brightest midst the constellationB
In the hail adorn'd with festal splendourC
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SHEA
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Be thou joyful that 'tis in my powerC
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To complete thy strange and merry storyA
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Silks behind her full of purple gloryA
Floated when thou saw'st her in that hourC
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HEA
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No in truth thou hast not sung it rightlyA
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Spirits may have told thee all about itF
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Pearls and gems they spoke of do not doubt itF
By her gaze eclipsed it gleam'd so brightlyA
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SHEA
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This one thing I certainly collectedG
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That the fair one say nought I entreat theeA
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Fondly hoping once again to meet theeA
Many a castle in the air erectedG
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HEA
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By each wind I ceaselessly was drivenB
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Seeking gold and honour too to captureC
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When my wand'rings end then oh what raptureC
If to find that form again 'tis givenB
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SHEA
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'Tis the daughter of the race now banish'dH
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That thou seest not her likeness onlyA
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Helen and her brother glad though lonelyA
Till this farm of their estate now vanish'dH
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HEA
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But the owner surely is not wantingI
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Of these plains with ev'ry beauty teemingI
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Verdant fields broad meads and pastures gleamingI
Gushing springs all heav'nly and enchantingI
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SHEA
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Thou must hunt the world through wouldst thou find himJ
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We have wealth enough in our possessionB
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And intend to purchase the successionB
When the good man leaves the world behind himJ
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HEA
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I have learnt the owner's own conditionB
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And fair maiden thou indeed canst buy itF
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But the cost is great I won't deny itF
Helen is the price with thy permissionB
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SHEA
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Did then fate and rank keep us asunderC
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And must Love take this road and no otherC
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Yonder comes my dear and trusty brotherC
What will he say to it all I wonderC

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe



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