After Heine: Countess Jutta Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABCDDE FFGGHHE IIJJKKE| From the German of Heinrich Heine | A |
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| The Countess Jutta passed over the Rhine | A |
| In a light canoe by the moon's pale shine | A |
| The handmaid rows and the Countess speaks | B |
| Seest thou not there where the water breaks | C |
| Seven corpses swim | D |
| In the moonlight dim | D |
| So sorrowful swim the dead | E |
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| They were seven knights full of fire and youth | F |
| They sank on my heart and swore me truth | F |
| I trusted them but for Truth's sweet sake | G |
| Lest they should be tempted their oaths to break | G |
| I had them bound | H |
| And tenderly drowned | H |
| So sorrowful swim the dead | E |
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| The merry Countess laughed outright | I |
| It rang so wild in the startled night | I |
| Up to the waist the dead men rise | J |
| And stretch lean fingers to the skies | J |
| They nod and stare | K |
| With a glassy glare | K |
| So sorrowful swim the dead | E |
John Hay
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