The Visitant Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE FGHBC IJKLM NOPIQP PR PS COTA | |
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A cloud moved close The bulk of the wind shifted | B |
A tree swayed over water | C |
A voice said | D |
Stay Stay by the slip ooze Stay | E |
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Dearest tree I said may I rest here | F |
A ripple made a soft reply | G |
I waited alert as a dog | H |
The leech clinging to a stone waited | B |
And the crab the quiet breather | C |
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Slow slow as a fish she came | I |
Slow as a fish coming forward | J |
Swaying in a long wave | K |
Her skirts not touching a leaf | L |
Her white arms reaching towards me | M |
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She came without sound | N |
Without brushing the wet stones | O |
In the soft dark of early evening | P |
She came | I |
The wind in her hair | Q |
The moon beginning | P |
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I woke in the first of morning | P |
Staring at a tree I felt the pulse of a stone | R |
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Where s she now I kept saying | P |
Where s she now the mountain s downy girl | S |
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But the bright day had no answer | C |
A wind stirred in a web of appleworms | O |
The tree the close willow swayed | T |
Theodore Roethke
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