The Wanderer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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WANDERERA
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YOUNG woman may God bless theeB
Thee and the sucking infantC
Upon thy breastD
Let me 'gainst this rocky wallE
Neath the elm tree's shadowF
Lay aside my burdenG
Near thee take my restD
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WOMANG
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What vocation leads theeB
While the day is burningH
Up this dusty pathI
Bring'st thou goods from out the townJ
Round the countryB
Smil'st thou strangerA
At my questionG
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WANDERERA
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From the town no goods I bringH
Cool is now the eveningH
Show to me the fountainG
'Whence thou drinkestD
Woman young and kindD
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WOMANG
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Up the rocky pathway mountD
Go thou first Across the thicketD
Leads the pathway tow'rd the cottageK
That I live inL
To the fountainG
Whence I drinkM
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WANDERERA
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Signs of man's arranging handD
See I 'mid the treesN
Not by thee these stones were join'dD
Nature who so freely scatterestD
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WOMANG
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Up still upO
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WANDERERA
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Lo a mossy architrave is hereP
I discern thee fashioning spiritD
On the stone thou hast impress'd thy sealQ
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WOMANG
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Onward strangerA
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WANDERERA
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Over an inscription am I treadingH
'Tis effacedD
Ye are seen no longerA
Words so deeply gravenG
Who your master's true devotionG
Should have shown to thousand grandsonsR
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WOMANG
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At these stones whyS
Start'st thou strangerA
Many stones are lying yonderA
Round my cottageK
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WANDERERA
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YonderA
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W OMANT
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Through the thicketD
Turning to the leftD
HereP
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WANDERERA
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Ye Muses and ye GracesU
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WOMANG
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This then is my cottageK
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WANDERERA
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'Tis a ruin'd templeV
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WOMANG
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Just below it seeB
Springs the fountainG
Whence I drinkM
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WANDERERA
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Thou dost hoverA
O'er thy grave all glowingH
Genius while upon theeB
Hath thy master pieceW
Fallen crumblingH
Thou Immortal OneG
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WOMANG
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Stay a cup I'll fetch theeB
Whence to drinkM
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WANDERERA
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Ivy circles thy slenderA
Form so graceful and godlikeM
How ye rise on highS
From the ruinsR
Column pairX
And thou their lonely sister yonderA
How thouY
Dusky moss upon thy sacred headD
Lookest down in mournful majestyB
On thy brethren's figuresZ
Lying scatter'dD
At thy feetD
In the shadow of the brambleV
Earth and rubbish veil themA2
Lofty grass is waving o'er themA2
Is it thus thou Nature prizestD
Thy great masterpiece's masterpieceW
Carelessly destroyest thouY
Thine own sanctuaryB
Sowing thistles thereX
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WOMANG
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How the infant sleepsB2
Wilt thou rest thee in the cottageK
Stranger Wouldst thou ratherA
In the open air still lingerA
Now 'tis cool take thou the childD
While I go and draw some waterA
Sleep on darling sleepC2
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WANDERERA
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Sweet is thy reposeD2
How with heaven born health imbuedD
Peacefully he slumbersD2
Oh thou born among the ruinsD2
Spread by great antiquityB
On thee rest her spiritD
He whom it encirclesD2
Will in godlike consciousnessD2
Ev'ry day enjoyE2
Full of germ unfoldD
As the smiling springtime'sD2
Fairest charmF2
Outshining all thy fellowsD2
And when the blossom's husk is fadedD
May the full fruit shoot forthG2
From out thy breastD
And ripen in the sunshineH2
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WOMANG
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God bless him Is he sleeping stillI2
To the fresh draught I nought can addD
Saving a crust of bread for thee to eatD
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WANDERERA
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I thank thee wellJ2
How fair the verdure all aroundD
How greenK2
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WOMANG
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My husband soonL2
Will home returnM2
From labour Tarry tarry manN2
And with us eat our evening mealQ
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WANDERERA
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Is't here ye dwellJ2
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WOMANG
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Yonder within those walls we liveO2
My father 'twas who built the cottageK
Of tiles and stones from out the ruinsD2
'Tis here we dwellJ2
He gave me to a husbandmanG
And in our arms expiredD
Hast thou been sleeping dearest heartD
How lively and how full of playP2
Sweet rogueM
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WANDERERA
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Nature thou ever budding oneG
Thou formest each for life's enjoymentsD2
And like a mother all thy children dearQ2
Blessest with that sweet heritage a homeR2
The swallow builds the cornice roundD
Unconscious of the beautiesD2
She plasters upO
The caterpillar spins around the boughY
To make her brood a winter houseD2
And thou dost patch between antiquity'sD2
Most glorious relicsD2
For thy mean useD2
Oh man a humble cotD
Enjoyest e'en mid tombsD2
Farewell thou happy womanG
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WOMANG
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Thou wilt not stay thenG
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WANDERERA
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May God preserve theeB
And bless thy boyE2
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WOMANG
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A happy journeyB
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WANDERERA
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Whither conducts the pathI
Across yon hillI2
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WOMANG
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To CumaR2
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WANDERERA
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How far from henceD2
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WOMANG
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'Tis full three milesD2
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WANDERERA
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FarewellJ2
Oh Nature guide me on my wayP2
The wandering stranger guideD
Who o'er the tombsD2
Of holy bygone timesD2
Is passingM
To a kind sheltering placeD2
From North winds safeS2
And where a poplar groveT2
Shuts out the noontide rayP2
And when I comeR2
Home to my cotD
At eveningM
Illumined by the setting sunG
Let me embrace a wife like thisD2
Her infant in her armsD2

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe



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