Emerson Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABABBCDEDEAA| MISFORTUNE to have lived not knowing thee | A |
| T were not high living nor to noblest end | B |
| Who dwelling near learned not sincerity | A |
| Rich friendship s ornament that still doth lend | B |
| To life its consequence and propriety | A |
| Thy fellowship was my culture noble friend | B |
| By the hand thou took st me and did st condescend | B |
| To bring me straightway into thy fair guild | C |
| And life long hath it been high compliment | D |
| By that to have been known and thy friend styled | E |
| Given to rare thought and to good learning bent | D |
| Whilst in my straits an angel on me smiled | E |
| Permit me then thus honored still to be | A |
| A scholar in thy university | A |
Amos Bronson Alcott
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