Lutherstrophe

The rhyme scheme is ${\displaystyle \mathrm {ABABCCB} }$ or ${\displaystyle \mathrm {ABABCCX} }$.^[4] The seven individual lines are iambic.^[3] The first four lines are an alternating rhyme ${\displaystyle \mathrm {ABAB} }$, like in German folk songs.^[3] This is followed by two lines of a third rhyme ${\displaystyle \mathrm {C} }$, a couplet rhyme. The last line, as conclusion, is again the second rhyme ${\displaystyle \mathrm {B} }$ or does not rhyme ${\displaystyle \mathrm {X} }$, an orphan.^[4] Thus it consists of a quatrain and a tercet. The scheme is related to rhyme royal ${\displaystyle \mathrm {ABABBCC} }$ in English literature.^[5]

• Luther: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein

Rhyme scheme: ${\displaystyle \mathrm {A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,C_{8}\,\,C_{8}\,\,X_{7}} }$

• Luther: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir

Rhyme scheme: ${\displaystyle \mathrm {A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,C_{8}\,\,C_{8}\,\,X_{7}} }$

• Paul Gerhardt: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier

Rhyme scheme: ${\displaystyle \mathrm {A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,C_{8}\,\,C_{8}\,\,X_{7}} }$

• Luther: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein
• Fest soll mein Taufbund immer stehn

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Rhyme scheme: ${\displaystyle \mathrm {6\,\,x\,\,A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,C_{8}\,\,C_{8}\,\,X_{7}} }$

Die Hermannsschlacht (Kleist)

Heinrich von Kleist

Rhyme scheme: ${\displaystyle \mathrm {A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,C_{8}\,\,C_{8}\,\,X_{5}} }$

Joachim Ringelnatz

Rhyme scheme: ${\displaystyle \mathrm {3\,\,x\,\,A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,A_{8}\,\,B_{7}\,\,C_{8}\,\,C_{8}\,\,X_{7}} }$

Men Rodriguez Tenoiro

Rhyme scheme: ${\displaystyle \mathrm {3\,\,x\,\,a_{10}\,\,b_{10}\,\,a_{10}\,\,b_{10}\,\,c_{10}\,\,c_{10}\,\,A_{10}} }$^[7]

• "a b a b c c b". Connecting Medieval Music. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
• "a b a b c c d". Connecting Medieval Music. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

• "a b b a c c b". Connecting Medieval Music. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
• es:Cantiga de amor (abbaccb, abbacca, ababcca, ababccb)