William H. Herndon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFGHBIJKLMNOPQR STUVWX| There by the window in the old house | A |
| Perched on the bluff overlooking miles of valley | B |
| My days of labor closed sitting out life's decline | C |
| Day by day did I look in my memory | B |
| As one who gazes in an enchantress' crystal globe | D |
| And I saw the figures of the past | E |
| As if in a pageant glassed by a shining dream | F |
| Move through the incredible sphere of time | G |
| And I saw a man arise from the soil like a fabled giant | H |
| And throw himself over a deathless destiny | B |
| Master of great armies head of the republic | I |
| Bringing together into a dithyramb of recreative song | J |
| The epic hopes of a people | K |
| At the same time Vulcan of sovereign fires | L |
| Where imperishable shields and swords were beaten out | M |
| From spirits tempered in heaven | N |
| Look in the crystal See how he hastens on | O |
| To the place where his path comes up to the path | P |
| Of a child of Plutarch and Shakespeare | Q |
| O Lincoln actor indeed playing well your part | R |
| And Booth who strode in a mimic play within the play | S |
| Often and often I saw you | T |
| As the cawing crows winged their way to the wood | U |
| Over my house top at solemn sunsets | V |
| There by my window | W |
| Alone | X |
Edgar Lee Masters
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