Death Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBC CEFBGH IJJC| Come thou thou last one whom I recognize | A |
| unbearable pain throughout this body's fabric | B |
| as I in my spirit burned see I now burn in thee | C |
| the wood that long resisted the advancing flames | D |
| which thou kept flaring I now am nourishinig | B |
| and burn in thee | C |
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| My gentle and mild being through thy ruthless fury | C |
| has turned into a raging hell that is not from here | E |
| Quite pure quite free of future planning I mounted | F |
| the tangled funeral pyre built for my suffering | B |
| so sure of nothing more to buy for future needs | G |
| while in my heart the stored reserves kept silent | H |
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| Is it still I who there past all recognition burn | I |
| Memories I do not seize and bring inside | J |
| O life O living O to be outside | J |
| And I in flames And no one here who knows me | C |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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