The Last Evening Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD DEDF GHG IJJ J| And night and distant rumbling now the army's | A |
| carrier train was moving out to war | B |
| He looked up from the harpsichord and as | C |
| he went on playing he looked across at her | D |
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| almost as one might gaze into a mirror | D |
| so deeply was her every feature filled | E |
| with his young features which bore his pain and were | D |
| more beautiful and seductive with each sound | F |
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| Then suddenly the image broke apart | G |
| She stood as though distracted near the window | H |
| and felt the violent drum beats of her heart | G |
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| His playing stopped From outside a fresh wind blew | I |
| And strangely alien on the mirror table | J |
| stood the black shako with its ivory skull | J |
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| Translated by Stephen Mitchell | J |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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