Song Of The Orphan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DB BEFG HIBJ KLM N O| I am no one and never will be anyone | A |
| for I am far too small to claim to be | B |
| not even later | C |
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| Mothers and Fathers | D |
| take pity on me | B |
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| I fear it will not pay to raise me | B |
| I shall fall victim to the mower's scythe | E |
| No one can find me useful now I am too young | F |
| and tomorrow will be too late | G |
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| I only have one dress | H |
| worn thin and faded | I |
| but it will last an eternity | B |
| even before God perhaps | J |
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| I only have this whispy hair | K |
| that always remained the same | L |
| yet once was someone's dearest love | M |
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| Now he has nothing that he loves | N |
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| Translated by Albert Ernest Flemming | O |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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