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 CCHE | A |
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CANST thou give oh fair and matchless maiden | B |
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'Neath the shadow of the lindens yonder | C |
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Where I'd fain one moment cease to wander | C |
Food and drink to one so heavy laden | B |
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SHE | A |
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Wouldst thou find refreshment traveller weary | A |
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Bread ripe fruit and cream to meet thy wishes | D |
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None but Nature's plain and homely dishes | E |
Near the spring may soothe thy wanderings dreary | A |
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HE | A |
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Dreams of old acquaintance now pass through me | A |
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Ne'er forgotten queen of hours of blisses | E |
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Likenesses I've often found but this is | E |
One that quite a marvel seemeth to me | A |
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SHE | A |
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Travellers often wonder beyond measure | C |
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But their wonder soon see cause to smother | C |
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Fair and dark are often like each other | C |
Both inspire the mind with equal pleasure | C |
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HE | A |
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Not now for the first time I surrender | C |
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To this form in humble adoration | B |
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It was brightest midst the constellation | B |
In the hail adorn'd with festal splendour | C |
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SHE | A |
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Be thou joyful that 'tis in my power | C |
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To complete thy strange and merry story | A |
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Silks behind her full of purple glory | A |
Floated when thou saw'st her in that hour | C |
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HE | A |
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No in truth thou hast not sung it rightly | A |
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Spirits may have told thee all about it | F |
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Pearls and gems they spoke of do not doubt it | F |
By her gaze eclipsed it gleam'd so brightly | A |
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SHE | A |
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This one thing I certainly collected | G |
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That the fair one say nought I entreat thee | A |
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Fondly hoping once again to meet thee | A |
Many a castle in the air erected | G |
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HE | A |
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By each wind I ceaselessly was driven | B |
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Seeking gold and honour too to capture | C |
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When my wand'rings end then oh what rapture | C |
If to find that form again 'tis given | B |
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SHE | A |
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'Tis the daughter of the race now banish'd | H |
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That thou seest not her likeness only | A |
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Helen and her brother glad though lonely | A |
Till this farm of their estate now vanish'd | H |
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HE | A |
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But the owner surely is not wanting | I |
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Of these plains with ev'ry beauty teeming | I |
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Verdant fields broad meads and pastures gleaming | I |
Gushing springs all heav'nly and enchanting | I |
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SHE | A |
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Thou must hunt the world through wouldst thou find him | J |
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We have wealth enough in our possession | B |
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And intend to purchase the succession | B |
When the good man leaves the world behind him | J |
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HE | A |
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I have learnt the owner's own condition | B |
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And fair maiden thou indeed canst buy it | F |
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But the cost is great I won't deny it | F |
Helen is the price with thy permission | B |
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SHE | A |
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Did then fate and rank keep us asunder | C |
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And must Love take this road and no other | C |
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Yonder comes my dear and trusty brother | C |
What will he say to it all I wonder | C |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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