Lady On A Balcony Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IJFH E| Suddenly she steps wrapped into the wind | A |
| brightly into brightness as if singled out | B |
| while now the room as though cut to fit | C |
| behind her fills the door | D |
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| darkly like the ground of cameo | E |
| that lets a glimmer through at the edges | F |
| and you think the evening wasn't there | G |
| before she stepped out and on the railing | H |
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| set forth just a little of herself | I |
| just her hands to be completely light | J |
| as if passed on by the rows of houses | F |
| to the heavens to be swayed by everything | H |
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| Translated by Edward Snow | E |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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