To Kasbek Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ADED AAFA GHIH JKFK GLFG EMFM NBOB FNEN| With winged footsteps now I hasten | A |
| Unto the far cold North away | B |
| Kasbek thou watchman of the East | C |
| To thee my farewell greetings say | B |
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| Since all eternity a turban | A |
| Snow white thy glorious brow has veiled | D |
| The peace sublime about thy glacier | E |
| The strife of man has ne'er assailed | D |
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| Accept my humble supplication | A |
| Hear thy submissive faithful son | A |
| To starry heights lift his entreaty | F |
| To Allah's everlasting throne | A |
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| I do implore spice breathing coolness | G |
| Through sultry sun glow in the vale | H |
| A stone for rest unto the pilgrim | I |
| In whirling dust of desert gale | H |
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| Turn I implore the storm's hot hatred | J |
| The deadly thunderous lightning's course | K |
| In Dariel's wild pass protect me | F |
| And my distracted trembling horse | K |
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| Yet one prayer more my heart audacious | G |
| Weeping lifts up in bodeful stress | L |
| What if my native land forget me | F |
| In my sad exile's loneliness | G |
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| Will greeting me by name familiar | E |
| My friend then open wide his arms | M |
| Will e'en my brothers recognise me | F |
| So changed by many griefs and harms | M |
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| Perchance my foot will fall profaning | N |
| Dust of those loved in youth's far day | B |
| The pure and noble deeply trusted | O |
| Withered as Autumn leaves in May | B |
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| O Kasbek then with earth o'erwhelm me | F |
| Snow o'er thy weary wanderer back | N |
| And blow away my dust and scatter | E |
| Along thy rock ridged clefts lone track | N |
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov
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