Adam Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA AACD EFG HIJ| Marveling he stands on the cathedral's | A |
| steep ascent close to the rose window | B |
| as though frightened at the apotheosis | A |
| which grew and all at once | A |
| - | |
| set him down over these and these | A |
| And straight he stands and glad of his endurance | A |
| simply determined as the husbandman | C |
| who began and who knew not how | D |
| - | |
| from the garden of Eden finished full | E |
| to find a way out into | F |
| the new earth God was hard to persuade | G |
| - | |
| and threatened him instead of acceding | H |
| ever and again that he would die | I |
| Yet man persisted she will bring forth | J |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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