To Father Kronos Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFBG HIJEK LMNOP QERSOTU OVWXYDZEA2PB2 OBPC2R| HASTEN thee Kronos | A |
| On with clattering trot | B |
| Downhill goeth thy path | C |
| Loathsome dizziness ever | D |
| When thou delayest assails me | E |
| Quick rattle along | F |
| Over stock and stone let thy trot | B |
| Into life straightway lead | G |
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| Now once more | H |
| Up the toilsome ascent | I |
| Hasten panting for breath | J |
| Up then nor idle be | E |
| Striving and hoping up up | K |
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| Wide high glorious the view | L |
| Gazing round upon life | M |
| While from mount unto mount | N |
| Hovers the spirit eterne | O |
| Life eternal foreboding | P |
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| Sideways a roof's pleasant shade | Q |
| Attracts thee | E |
| And a look that promises coolness | R |
| On the maidenly threshold | S |
| There refresh thee And maiden | O |
| Give me this foaming draught also | T |
| Give me this health laden look | U |
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| Down now quicker still down | O |
| See where the sun sets | V |
| Ere he sets ere old age | W |
| Seizeth me in the morass | X |
| Ere my toothless jaws mumble | Y |
| And my useless limbs totter | D |
| While drunk with his farewell beam | Z |
| Hurl me a fiery sea | E |
| Foaming still in mine eye | A2 |
| Hurl me while dazzled and reeling | P |
| Down to the gloomy portal of hell | B2 |
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| Blow then gossip thy horn | O |
| Speed on with echoing trot | B |
| So that Orcus may know we are coming | P |
| So that our host may with joy | C2 |
| Wait at the door to receive us | R |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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