The Farewell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDF GHGH DIDI DJDJ KLK MNMO OPPP QPQP RDRD| BENT o'er his sabre torrents starting | A |
| From his dim eyes the bold hussar | B |
| Thus greets his cherish'd maid while parting | A |
| For distant fields of war | C |
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| 'Weep not my fair one O forbear thee | D |
| No anguish can those tears remove | E |
| For by my troth and beard I swear thee | D |
| Time shall not change my love | F |
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| 'That love shall bloom a deathless blossom | G |
| My shield in fight with sword in hand | H |
| And thou my Lila in my bosom | G |
| What shall that sword withstand | H |
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| 'Weep not my fair one O forbear thee | D |
| Those tears can bid no grief depart | I |
| And were I faithless Maid I swear thee | D |
| Anguish would tear my heart | I |
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| 'Then my good steed would sure betray me | D |
| And falter in the battle fray | J |
| In peril's hours refuse t' obey me | D |
| My stirrup would give way | J |
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| 'The sword my valour's proudest token | K |
| When grasp'd like rotten wood would break | L |
| And I should seek thee spirit broken | K |
| Death's paleness on my cheek ' | - |
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| But the false horseman's steed obey'd him | M |
| Gentle and eager still his sword | N |
| Bright and unbroken ne'er betray'd him | M |
| Though he broke oath and word | O |
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| The tale of love the tears which shower'd | O |
| From Lila's eye were all forgot | P |
| The rose wreath faded pale deflower'd | P |
| Such buds re blossom not | P |
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| That maiden's breast of peace he rifles | Q |
| Then hies him to another's breast | P |
| Man's oaths to woman are but trifles | Q |
| And love itself a jest | P |
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| He serves secures and then he slights them | R |
| His vows are change and treachery | D |
| For laughing Cupid's arrow writes them | R |
| Upon the shifting sea | D |
Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov
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