To Angelique IX
Dismiss me not, e'en if my thirstQuenched with that sweet draught be!Bear with me for a season yet,That shall suffice for me.
Canst thou no longer be my love,Then be to me a friend;For friendship only just beginsWhen love is at an end.
Words in this poem
- shall v. i.
- To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]
- suffice v. i.
- To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. [OE. suffisen, OF. soufire, F. suffire (cf. suffisant, p.pr.), L. sufficere to put under, to substitute, to avail for, to suffice; sub under + facere to make. Se]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
To Angelique IX is in the public domain. This text is taken from Poems and Ballads, Project Gutenberg ebook #31726, the Emma Lazarus translation; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Heinrich Heine, To Angelique IX, in Poems and Ballads (1881), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #31726, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/heine-poems-ballads/to-angelique-ix.html, id L15440.
Form and metre
To Angelique IX is 8 lines in 2 stanzas of 4 lines each. The metre is common measure, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 89%). 100% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 7.1 syllables. 25% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 -A-A thirst · beA · yet · meA
- 2 -A-A love · friendA · begins · endA
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against common measure. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| Dismiss me not, e'en if my thirst | 8 | ˘/······ |
| Quenched with that sweet draught be! | 7 | ·˘····· |
| Bear with me for a season yet, | 8 | ·····/˘· |
| That shall suffice for me. | 6 | ··˘/·· |
| Canst thou no longer be my love, | 8 | ···/˘··· |
| Then be to me a friend; | 6 | ······ |
| For friendship only just begins | 8 | ·/˘/˘·˘/ |
| When love is at an end. | 6 | ······ |
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