Emily Bronte Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC EFEF BGHI IJIJ KIII IALA LIAI IAIA| 'Du hast Diamanten' | A |
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| Thou hadst all Passion's splendor | B |
| Thou hadst abounding store | C |
| Of heaven's eternal jewels | D |
| Beloved what wouldst thou more | C |
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| Thine was the frolic freedom | E |
| Of creatures coy and wild | F |
| The melancholy of wisdom | E |
| The innocence of a child | F |
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| The maiPd will of the warrior | B |
| That buckled in thy breast | G |
| Humility as of Francis | H |
| The Self surrender of Christ | I |
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| And of God's cup thou drankest | I |
| The unmingled wine of Love | J |
| Which makes poor mortals giddy | I |
| When they but sip thereof | J |
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| What was't to thee thy pathway | K |
| So rugged mean and hard | I |
| Whereon when Death surprised thee | I |
| Thou gavest him no regard | I |
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| What was't to thee enamour'd | I |
| As a red rose of the sun | A |
| If of thy myriad lovers | L |
| Thou never sawest one | A |
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| Nor if of all thy lovers | L |
| That are and were to be | I |
| None ever had their vision | A |
| O my belov'd of thee | I |
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| Until thy silent glory | I |
| Went forth from earth alone | A |
| Where like a star thou gleamest | I |
| From thine immortal throne | A |
Robert Seymour Bridges
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