Furthermore, the poet uses rhyme scheme to display a symbolic message of unity, by initiating there are more people who are suffering through similar situations, yet remain as one. Gunn uses the rhyme scheme of ABAB in the first two stanzas and no particular pattern for stanzas three and four. The poet’s first and second stanzas focus mainly on depicting a painful illness of a friend, which is why these stanzas hold negative connotations. These stanzas also focus on the visitant and the friend who is currently dying. Stanza three has no particular pattern, yet it is used to acknowledge the seriousness of a disease. The third stanza also indicates the memory of a different friend who may have already passed away. Gunn deliberately separates