The Swan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEF GGHIJK L| This laboring of ours with all that remains undone | A |
| as if still bound to it | B |
| is like the lumbering gait of the swan | C |
| - | |
| And then our dying releasing ourselves | D |
| from the very ground on which we stood | E |
| is like the way he hesitantly lowers himself | F |
| - | |
| into the water It gently receives him | G |
| and gladly yielding flows back beneath him | G |
| as wave follows wave | H |
| while he now wholly serene and sure | I |
| with regal composure | J |
| allows himself to glide | K |
| - | |
| - | |
| translation by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows | L |
Rainer Maria Rilke
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about The Swan poem by Rainer Maria Rilke
Best Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke