Slumber Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFG AHIJ D| Some day if I should ever lose you | A |
| will you be able then to go to sleep | B |
| without me softly whispering above you | A |
| like night air stirring in the linden tree | C |
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| Without my waking here and watching | D |
| and saying words as tender as eyelids | E |
| that come to rest weightlessly upon your breast | F |
| upon your sleeping limbs upon your lips | G |
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| Without my touching you and leaving you | A |
| alone with what is yours like a summer garden | H |
| that is overflowing with masses | I |
| of melissa and star anise | J |
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| Translated by Albert Ernest Flemming | D |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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