Don Quixote Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EDFGH IDDJKLMCN M| The knight of immortal youth | A |
| at the age of fifty found his mind in his heart | B |
| and on July morning went out to capture | C |
| the right the beautiful the just | D |
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| Facing him a world of silly and arrogant giants | E |
| he on his sad but brave Rocinante | D |
| I know what it means to be longing for something | F |
| but if your heart weighs only a pound and sixteen ounces | G |
| there's no sense my Don in fighting these senseless windmills | H |
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| But you are right of course Dulcinea is your woman | I |
| the most beautiful in the world | D |
| I'm sure you'll shout this fact | D |
| at the face of street traders | J |
| but they'll pull you down from your horse | K |
| and beat you up | L |
| But you the unbeatable knight of our curse | M |
| will continue to glow behind the heavy iron visor | C |
| and Dulcinea will become even more beautiful | N |
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| Translated by Taner Baybars | M |
Nazim Hikmet
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