Anhelli - Chapter 6 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DE FG HIJ KLM ENO PQ R S KE K T UVW XYIZ A2PB2 GC2K D2e fishermen and set out into the wilderness | A |
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And the moon was still high when they came to the hut of an aged man | B |
who greeted the Shaman like an old friend He was one of the exiles of Bar the last one | C |
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His hut shaded by a broad apple tree full of the nests of doves | D |
and singing with locusts was secluded and peaceful | E |
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And that old man set before his guests a pewter pitcher bread and red apples | F |
and then he began after his wont a talk of olden times and of men already dead | G |
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For he knew not at all that there was a new generation in Poland | H |
and new knights and new martyrs | I |
and he did not wish to know of it being a man of the past | J |
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And there was in him now no memory | K |
but the memory of the things that had befallen in his youth | L |
but of yesterday he knew not and he did not think of tomorrow | M |
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And he supported himself from insects which are called cochineal | E |
and from them he paid the tax to the tsar | N |
and this was the very day for collecting the tribute | O |
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About an hour later there drove up before the hut the toll gatherer | P |
and having drunk from the pitcher he demanded the matter due him | Q |
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That old man then stripped himself of everything to meet the tax and enrich that servant | R |
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And having gathered together all the toll gatherer went out from the hut saying | S |
'Behold thou hast an apple tree covered with fruit I must take the tithe from it ' | - |
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Having spoken thus he bade his servants shake the old and spreading tree | K |
but the Shaman said to Anhelli | E |
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'Go and stand under the apple tree and say nothing to those who shake the tree | K |
until the power of God is made manifest ' | - |
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Anhelli went therefore and stood beneath a shower of red apples like a man at peace | T |
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And lo the apple tree was surrounded with a great radiance | U |
and the fruit upon it became stars | V |
and glittering brightly they fell no more | W |
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And the sleeping doves awoke | X |
thinking that it was already the hour of dawn | Y |
and having preened their feathers | I |
they flew away into the rosy air | Z |
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Thereupon the new splendour so awed those toll gatherers that | A2 |
leaving all the tax they made off in terror | P |
and taking their seats in their carriage they drove away | B2 |
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And the Shaman calling to Anhelli said | G |
'Let us go hence for the goodman will ask us by what power we do this | C2 |
and that is a mystery | K |
and the meaning of these stars is a mystery ' | - |
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So saying he wrapped himself and Anhelli in darkness and they departed | D2 |
Juliusz Slowacki
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