To My Friend - Ode Iii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH GIJK LMGG GGGN GGLO PQAR STLG RKUV GWWR XLGY GZGF| BE void of feeling | A |
| A heart that soon is stirr'd | B |
| Is a possession sad | C |
| Upon this changing earth | D |
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| Behrisch let spring's sweet smile | E |
| Never gladden thy brow | F |
| Then winter's gloomy tempests | G |
| Never will shadow it o'er | H |
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| Lean thyself ne'er on a maiden's | G |
| Sorrow engendering breast | I |
| Ne'er on the arm | J |
| Misery fraught of a friend | K |
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| Already envy | L |
| From out his rocky ambush | M |
| Upon thee turns | G |
| The force of his lynx like eyes | G |
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| Stretches his talons | G |
| On thee falls | G |
| In thy shoulders | G |
| Cunningly plants them | N |
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| Strong are his skinny arms | G |
| As panther claws | G |
| He shaketh thee | L |
| And rends thy frame | O |
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| Death 'tis to part | P |
| 'Tis threefold death | Q |
| To part not hoping | A |
| Ever to meet again | R |
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| Thou wouldst rejoice to leave | S |
| This hated land behind | T |
| Wert thou not chain'd to me | L |
| With friendships flowery chains | G |
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| Burst them I'll not repine | R |
| No noble friend | K |
| Would stay his fellow captive | U |
| If means of flight appear | V |
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| The remembrance | G |
| Of his dear friend's freedom | W |
| Gives him freedom | W |
| In his dungeon | R |
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| Thou go'st I'm left | X |
| But e'en already | L |
| The last year's winged spokes | G |
| Whirl round the smoking axle | Y |
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| I number the turns | G |
| Of the thundering wheel | Z |
| The last one I bless | G |
| Each bar then is broken I'm free then as thou | F |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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