The Sonnets To Orpheus: Iv Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEFG HIJ KLM N| O you tender ones walk now and then | A |
| into the breath that blows coldly past | B |
| Upon your cheeks let it tremble and part | C |
| behind you it will tremble together again | A |
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| O you blessed ones you who are whole | D |
| you who seem the beginning of hearts | E |
| bows for the arrows and arrows' targets | F |
| tear bright your lips more eternally smile | G |
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| Don't be afraid to suffer return | H |
| that heaviness to the earth's own weight | I |
| heavy are the mountains heavy the seas | J |
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| Even the small trees you planted as children | K |
| have long since become too heavy you could not | L |
| carry them now But the winds But the spaces | M |
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| Translated by Stephen Mitchell | N |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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