Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AAAB ACDEF GAH AIJKLM A| From the diaries of Malte Laurids Brigge | A |
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| You whom I do not tell that all night long | A |
| I lie weeping | A |
| whose very being makes me feel wanting | A |
| like a cradle | B |
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| You who do not tell me that you lie awake | A |
| thinking of me | C |
| what if we carried all these longings within us | D |
| without ever being overwhelmed by them | E |
| letting them pass | F |
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| Look at these lovers tormented by love | G |
| when first they begin confessing | A |
| how soon they lie | H |
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| You make me feel alone I try imagining | A |
| one moment it is you then it's the soaring wind | I |
| a fragrance comes and goes but never lasts | J |
| Oh within my arms I lost all whom I loved | K |
| Only you remain always reborn again | L |
| For since I never held you I hold you fast | M |
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| Translated by Albert Ernest Flemming | A |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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