Lady At A Mirror Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJK LMC N| As in sleeping drink spices | A |
| softly she loosens in the liquid clear | B |
| mirror her fatigued demeanor | C |
| and she puts her smile deep inside | D |
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| And she waits while the liquid | E |
| rises from it then she pours her hair | F |
| into the mirror and lifting one | G |
| wondrous shoulder from the evening gown | H |
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| she drinks quietly from her image She drinks | I |
| what a lover would drink feeling dazed | J |
| searching it full of mistrust and she only | K |
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| beckons to her maid when at the bottom | L |
| of her mirror she finds candles wardrobes | M |
| and the cloudy dregs of a late hour | C |
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| Translated by Edward Snow | N |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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