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 D2

e fishermen and set out into the wildernessA
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And the moon was still high when they came to the hut of an aged manB
who greeted the Shaman like an old friend He was one of the exiles of Bar the last oneC
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His hut shaded by a broad apple tree full of the nests of dovesD
and singing with locusts was secluded and peacefulE
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And that old man set before his guests a pewter pitcher bread and red applesF
and then he began after his wont a talk of olden times and of men already deadG
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For he knew not at all that there was a new generation in PolandH
and new knights and new martyrsI
and he did not wish to know of it being a man of the pastJ
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And there was in him now no memoryK
but the memory of the things that had befallen in his youthL
but of yesterday he knew not and he did not think of tomorrowM
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And he supported himself from insects which are called cochinealE
and from them he paid the tax to the tsarN
and this was the very day for collecting the tributeO
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About an hour later there drove up before the hut the toll gathererP
and having drunk from the pitcher he demanded the matter due himQ
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That old man then stripped himself of everything to meet the tax and enrich that servantR
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And having gathered together all the toll gatherer went out from the hut sayingS
'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 treeK
but the Shaman said to AnhelliE
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'Go and stand under the apple tree and say nothing to those who shake the treeK
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 peaceT
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And lo the apple tree was surrounded with a great radianceU
and the fruit upon it became starsV
and glittering brightly they fell no moreW
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And the sleeping doves awokeX
thinking that it was already the hour of dawnY
and having preened their feathersI
they flew away into the rosy airZ
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Thereupon the new splendour so awed those toll gatherers thatA2
leaving all the tax they made off in terrorP
and taking their seats in their carriage they drove awayB2
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And the Shaman calling to Anhelli saidG
'Let us go hence for the goodman will ask us by what power we do thisC2
and that is a mysteryK
and the meaning of these stars is a mystery '-
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So saying he wrapped himself and Anhelli in darkness and they departedD2

Juliusz Slowacki



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