The Death Of Schiller Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIK LMLM| 'Tis said when Schiller's death drew nigh | A |
| The wish possessed his mighty mind | B |
| To wander forth wherever lie | A |
| The homes and haunts of human kind | B |
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| Then strayed the poet in his dreams | C |
| By Rome and Egypt's ancient graves | D |
| Went up the New World's forest streams | C |
| Stood in the Hindoo's temple caves | D |
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| Walked with the Pawnee fierce and stark | E |
| The sallow Tartar midst his herds | F |
| The peering Chinese and the dark | E |
| False Malay uttering gentle words | F |
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| How could he rest even then he trod | G |
| The threshold of the world unknown | H |
| Already from the seat of God | G |
| A ray upon his garments shone | H |
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| Shone and awoke the strong desire | I |
| For love and knowledge reached not here | J |
| Till freed by death his soul of fire | I |
| Sprang to a fairer ampler sphere | K |
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| Then who shall tell how deep how bright | L |
| The abyss of glory opened round | M |
| How thought and feeling flowed like light | L |
| Through ranks of being without bound | M |
William Cullen Bryant
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