The Song Of The Beggar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHFA IJKLMN G| I am always going from door to door | A |
| whether in rain or heat | B |
| and sometimes I will lay my right ear in | C |
| the palm of my right hand | D |
| And as I speak my voice seems strange as if | E |
| it were alien to me | F |
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| for I'm not certain whose voice is crying | G |
| mine or someone else's | H |
| I cry for a pittance to sustain me | F |
| The poets cry for more | A |
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| In the end I conceal my entire face | I |
| and cover both my eyes | J |
| there it lies in my hands with all its weight | K |
| and looks as if at rest | L |
| so no one may think I had no place where | M |
| upon to lay my head | N |
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| Translated by Albert Ernest Flemming | G |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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