To My Friend - Ode I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP QRST UEEV ETWE XQYJ ZA2EB2 EBEC2| TRANSPLANT the beauteous tree | A |
| Gardener it gives me pain | B |
| A happier resting place | C |
| Its trunk deserved | D |
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| Yet the strength of its nature | E |
| To Earth's exhausting avarice | F |
| To Air's destructive inroads | G |
| An antidote opposed | H |
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| See how it in springtime | I |
| Coins its pale green leaves | J |
| Their orange fragrance | K |
| Poisons each flyblow straight | L |
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| The caterpillar's tooth | M |
| Is blunted by them | N |
| With silv'ry hues they gleam | O |
| In the bright sunshine | P |
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| Its twigs the maiden | Q |
| Fain would twine in | R |
| Her bridal garland | S |
| Youths its fruit are seeking | T |
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| See the autumn cometh | U |
| The caterpillar | E |
| Sighs to the crafty spider | E |
| Sighs that the tree will not fade | V |
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| Hov'ring thither | E |
| From out her yew tree dwelling | T |
| The gaudy foe advances | W |
| Against the kindly tree | E |
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| And cannot hurt it | X |
| But the more artful one | Q |
| Defiles with nauseous venom | Y |
| Its silver leaves | J |
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| And sees with triumph | Z |
| How the maiden shudders | A2 |
| The youth how mourns he | E |
| On passing by | B2 |
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| Transplant the beauteous tree | E |
| Gardener it gives me pain | B |
| Tree thank the gardener | E |
| Who moves thee hence | C2 |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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