What Survives Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHIJ K| Who says that all must vanish | A |
| Who knows perhaps the flight | B |
| of the bird you wound remains | C |
| and perhaps flowers survive | D |
| caresses in us in their ground | E |
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| It isn't the gesture that lasts | F |
| but it dresses you again in gold | G |
| armor from breast to knees | H |
| and the battle was so pure | I |
| an Angel wears it after you | J |
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| Translated by A Poulin | K |
Rainer Maria Rilke
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