The Inventor Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBB BBDB BBEDED EFEF DGDG DDDD HIHI BJBJ| R W Emerson | A |
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| Time and Space decreed his lot | B |
| But little Man was quick to note | C |
| When Time and Space said Man might not | B |
| Bravely he answered quot Nay I mote quot | B |
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| I looked on old New England | B |
| Time and Space stood fast | B |
| Men built altars to Distance | D |
| At every mile they passed | B |
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| Yet sleek with oil a Force was hid | B |
| Making mock of all they did | B |
| Ready at the appointed hour | E |
| To yield up to Prometheus | D |
| The secular and well drilled Power | E |
| The Gods secreted thus | D |
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| And over high Wantastiquer | E |
| Emulous my lightnings ran | F |
| Unregarded but after | E |
| To fall in with my plan | F |
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| I beheld two ministries | D |
| One of air and one of earth | G |
| At a thought I married these | D |
| And my New Age came to birth | G |
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| For rarely my purpose errs | D |
| Though oft it seems to pause | D |
| And rods and cylinders | D |
| Obey my planets' laws | D |
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| Oil I drew from the well | H |
| And Franklin's spark from its blue | I |
| Time and Distance fell | H |
| And Man went forth anew | I |
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| On the prairie and in the street | B |
| So long as my chariots roll | J |
| I bind wings to Adam's feet | B |
| And presently to his soul | J |
Rudyard Kipling
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