The Sonnets To Orpheus: Xix Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IIJ IIK D

Though the world keeps changing its formA
as fast as a cloud stillB
what is accomplished falls homeC
to the PrimevalD
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Over the change and the passingE
larger and freerF
soars your eternal songG
god with the lyreH
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Never has grief been possesedI
never has love been learnedI
and what removes us in deathJ
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is not revealedI
Only the song through the landI
hallows and healsK
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Translated by Stephen MitchellD

Rainer Maria Rilke



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