Little Tear-vase Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHI E| Other vessels hold wine other vessels hold oil | A |
| inside the hollowed out vault circumscribed by their clay | B |
| I as smaller measure and as the slimmest of all | C |
| humbly hollow myself so that just a few tears can fill me | D |
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| Wine becomes richer oil becomes clear in its vessel | E |
| What happens with tears They made me blind in my | F |
| glass | G |
| made me heavy and made my curve iridescent | H |
| made me brittle and left me empty at last | I |
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| Translated by Stephen Mitchell | E |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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