The Rhodora

What is the author's style in The Rhodora by Ralph Waldo Emerson?

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In "The Rhodora," Emerson uses a familiar rhyme scheme of two paired couplets, followed by four lines of alternating rhymes. For instance, lines 9-16 end with the following sounds: why—sky / seeing—being / rose—knew suppose— you.