The Visit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDEDEFGHGDDIJIJKK LLMMNOPPBB| Askest 'How long thou shall stay ' | A |
| Devastator of the day | B |
| Know each substance and relation | C |
| Thorough nature's operation | C |
| Hath its unit bound and metre | D |
| And every new compound | E |
| Is some product and repeater | D |
| Product of the early found | E |
| But the unit of the visit | F |
| The encounter of the wise | G |
| Say what other metre is it | H |
| Than the meeting of the eyes | G |
| Nature poureth into nature | D |
| Through the channels of that feature | D |
| Riding on the ray of Sight | I |
| More fleet than waves or whirlwinds go | J |
| Or for service or delight | I |
| Hearts to hearts their meaning show | J |
| Sum their long experience | K |
| And import intelligence | K |
| Single look has drained the breast | L |
| Single moment years confessed | L |
| The duration of a glance | M |
| Is the term of convenance | M |
| And though thy rede be church or state | N |
| Frugal multiples of that | O |
| Speeding Saturn cannot halt | P |
| Linger thou shall rue the fault | P |
| If Love his moment overstay | B |
| Hatred's swift repulsions play | B |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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