The Violet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDDB C EF GHHF G II JKKI J| UPON the mead a violet stood | A |
| Retiring and of modest mood | B |
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| In truth a violet fair | C |
| Then came a youthful shepherdess | D |
| And roam'd with sprightly joyousness | D |
| And blithely woo'd | B |
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| With carols sweet the air | C |
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| Ah thought the violet had I been | E |
| For but the smallest moment e'en | F |
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| Nature's most beauteous flower | G |
| 'Till gather'd by my love and press'd | H |
| When weary 'gainst her gentle breast | H |
| For e'en for e'en | F |
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| One quarter of an hour | G |
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| Alas alas the maid drew nigh | I |
| The violet failed to meet her eye | I |
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| She crush'd the violet sweet | J |
| It sank and died yet murmur'd not | K |
| And if I die oh happy lot | K |
| For her I die | I |
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| And at her very feet | J |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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