To Charlotte Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BA BC D D DC E F FE F GF GH IH I F FF FA FJ F F KF KF AF A L ML NA FA F| 'MIDST the noise of merriment and glee | A |
| - | |
| 'Midst full many a sorrow many a care | B |
| Charlotte I remember we remember thee | A |
| - | |
| How at evening's hour so fair | B |
| Thou a kindly hand didst reach us | C |
| - | |
| When thou in some happy place | D |
| - | |
| Where more fair is Nature s face | D |
| - | |
| Many a lightly hidden trace | D |
| Of a spirit loved didst teach us | C |
| - | |
| Well 'tis that thy worth I rightly knew | E |
| - | |
| That I in the hour when first we met | F |
| - | |
| While the first impression fill'd me yet | F |
| Call'd thee then a girl both good and true | E |
| - | |
| Rear'd in silence calmly knowing nought | F |
| - | |
| On the world we suddenly are thrown | G |
| Hundred thousand billows round us sport | F |
| - | |
| All things charm us many please alone | G |
| Many grieve us and as hour on hour is stealing | H |
| - | |
| To and fro our restless natures sway | I |
| First we feel and then we find each feeling | H |
| - | |
| By the changeful world stream borne away | I |
| - | |
| Well I know we oft within us find | F |
| - | |
| Many a hope and many a smart | F |
| Charlotte who can know our mind | F |
| - | |
| Charlotte who can know our heart | F |
| Ah 'twould fain be understood 'twould fain o'erflow | A |
| - | |
| In some creature's fellow feelings blest | F |
| And with trust in twofold measure know | J |
| - | |
| All the grief and joy in Nature's breast | F |
| - | |
| Then thine eye is oft around thee cast | F |
| - | |
| But in vain for all seems closed for ever | K |
| Thus the fairest part of life is madly pass'd | F |
| - | |
| Free from storm but resting never | K |
| To thy sorrow thou'rt to day repell'd | F |
| - | |
| By what yesterday obey'd thee | A |
| Can that world by thee be worthy held | F |
| - | |
| Which so oft betray'd thee | A |
| - | |
| Which 'mid all thy pleasures and thy pains | L |
| - | |
| Lived in selfish unconcern'd repose | M |
| See the soul its secret cells regains | L |
| - | |
| And the heart makes haste to close | N |
| Thus found I thee and gladly went to meet thee | A |
| - | |
| She's worthy of all love I cried | F |
| And pray'd that Heaven with purest bliss might greet thee | A |
| - | |
| Which in thy friend it richly hath supplied | F |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about To Charlotte poem by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Best Poems of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe