Lament (o How All Things Are Far Removed) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHII JJBKJELJMN O

O how all things are far removedA
and long have passed awayB
I do believe the starC
whose light my face reflectsD
is dead and has been soE
for many thousand yearsF
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I had a vision of a passing boatG
and heard some voices saying disquieting thingsH
I heard a clock strike in some distant houseI
but in which houseI
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I long to quiet my anxious heartJ
and stand beneath the sky's immensityJ
I long to prayB
And one of all the starsK
must still existJ
I do believe that I would knowE
which one aloneL
enduredJ
and which like a white city standsM
at the ray's end shining in the heavensN
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Translated by Albert Ernest FlemmingO

Rainer Maria Rilke



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