Alas! Where Have All The Years Gone Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ RSTUVWNNXYKHZA2B2C2 D2UE2F2G2URPH2UI2I2U J2U| Alas Where have all the years gone | A |
| Did I dream my life or is it real | B |
| What I always thought was that something | C |
| Then I've slept and don't know it | D |
| Now I'm awake and I no longer know | E |
| What used to be familiar as my own hands | F |
| People and places where I was raised from childhood | G |
| They are strangers to me as if it were all lies | H |
| Those who were my playmates are old and indolent | I |
| Meadows are farmed forests are felled | J |
| If it were not for the water which flows as ever before | K |
| ah then I'd believe that my misfortune is truly great | L |
| Many no longer even greet me who once knew me well | M |
| The world is full of ingratitude everywhere | N |
| When I think of the many glorious days | O |
| They disappear like ripples in the water | P |
| Forever more alas | Q |
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| Oh how little these young people amount to | R |
| They once were so cheerful and light hearted | S |
| Now they know only worries why do they do this | T |
| When I look at the world around me it is never happy | U |
| Dancing and singing disappear into worries | V |
| Never has a Christian man seen such miserable times | W |
| See such poor jewelry the women wear | N |
| And the proud knights what rude clothing they wear | N |
| Unfriendly letters come to us from Rome | X |
| Sorrow is allowed but joy is kept from us | Y |
| That grieves me deeply we lived so well before | K |
| that I should trade my laughs for cries | H |
| Even the wild birds lament | Z |
| What wonder when I've lost all my friends | A2 |
| What do I say a foolish man in my poor wrath | B2 |
| Whoever seeks luck in this world loses it in the next world | C2 |
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| O weh how we're poisoned with sweet things | D2 |
| I see the bitter gall swimming in the honey | U |
| The world is beautiful on the surface white green and red | E2 |
| But inside there are blacker colors dark like Death | F2 |
| But even those led astray still have hope of salvation | G2 |
| Though your sins are great confession is easy | U |
| Think on that knight because it concerns you | R |
| You wear the bright helm and the hard armor | P |
| You carry the strong shield and the holy sword | H2 |
| God wills that even I would be worthy of this victory | U |
| Then even I a man with nothing can earn rich wages | I2 |
| But I don't mean property or the gold of princes | I2 |
| I want very much to carry that crown eternally | U |
| with such glory as a soldier can earn with his spear | J2 |
| I could begin the lucky journey over the sea | U |
| Then I would sing 'How good ' and never more 'Alas ' | - |
| Never more 'Alas ' | - |
Walther Von Der Vogelweide
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