Narcissus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFBG HIJB| Encircled by her arms as by a shell | A |
| she hears her being murmur | B |
| while forever he endures | C |
| the outrage of his too pure image | D |
| - | |
| Wistfully following their example | E |
| nature re enters herself | F |
| contemplating its own sap the flower | B |
| becomes too soft and the boulder hardens | G |
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| It's the return of all desire that enters | H |
| toward all life embracing itself from afar | I |
| Where does it fall Under the dwindling | J |
| surface does it hope to renew a center | B |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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