The Song Of The Widow Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGG HIJKLH MINIIO PQRSTU P| In the beginning life was good to me | A |
| it held me warm and gave me courage | B |
| That this is granted all while in their youth | C |
| how could I then have known of this | D |
| I never knew what living was | E |
| But suddenly it was just year on year | F |
| no more good no more new no more wonderful | G |
| Life had been torn in two right down the middle | G |
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| That was not his fault nor mine | H |
| since both of us had nothing but patience | I |
| but death has none | J |
| I saw him coming how rotten he looked | K |
| and I watched him as he took and took | L |
| and nothing was mine | H |
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| What then belonged to me was mine my own | M |
| Was not even this utter wretchedness | I |
| on loan to me by fate | N |
| Fate does not only claim your happiness | I |
| it also wants your pain back and your tears | I |
| and buys the ruin as something useless old | O |
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| Fate was present and acquired for a nothing | P |
| every expression my face is capable of | Q |
| even to the way I walk | R |
| The daily diminishing of me went on | S |
| and after I was emptied fate gave me up | T |
| and left me standing there abandoned | U |
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| Translated by Albert Ernest Flemming | P |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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