The Waterfall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHFH FFFF IJKJ| A patch of meadow upland | A |
| Reached by a mile of road | B |
| Soothed by the voice of waters | C |
| With birds and flowers bestowed | B |
| - | |
| Hither I come for strength | D |
| Which well it can supply | E |
| For Love draws might from terrene force | F |
| And potencies of sky | E |
| - | |
| The tremulous battery Earth | G |
| Responds to the touch of man | H |
| It thrills to the antipodes | F |
| From Boston to Japan | H |
| - | |
| The planets' child the planet knows | F |
| And to his joy replies | F |
| To the lark's trill unfolds the rose | F |
| Clouds flush their gayest dyes | F |
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| When Ali prayed and loved | I |
| Where Syrian waters roll | J |
| Upward the ninth heaven thrilled and moved | K |
| At the tread of the jubilant soul | J |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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