The Visitation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCB ADAEAD| For Louise Imogen Guiney | A |
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| There is a wall of flesh before the eyes | B |
| Of John who yet perceives and hails his King | C |
| It is Our Lady's painful bliss to bring | C |
| Before mankind the Glory of the skies | B |
| Her cousin feels her womb's sweet burden rise | B |
| And leap with joy and she comes forth to sing | C |
| With trembling mouth her words of welcoming | C |
| She knows her hidden God and prophesies | B |
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| Saint John pray for us weary souls that tarry | A |
| Where life is withered by sin's deadly breath | D |
| Pray for us whom the dogs of Satan harry | A |
| Saint John Saint Anne and Saint Elizabeth | E |
| And Mother Mary give us Christ to carry | A |
| Within our hearts that we may conquer death | D |
Alfred Joyce Kilmer (joyce)
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