To Whistler, American Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA B CDEF GHBIJ KLMN OKPM KB| A | |
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| On the loan exhibit of his paintings at the Tate Gallery | B |
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| You also our first great | C |
| Had tried all ways | D |
| Tested and pried and worked in many fashions | E |
| And this much gives me heart to play the game | F |
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| Here is part that's slight and part gone wrong | G |
| And much of little moment and some few | H |
| Perfect as Diirer | B |
| 'In the Studio' and these two portraits if I had my choice | I |
| And then these sketches in the mood of Greece | J |
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| You had your searches your uncertainties | K |
| And this is good to know for us I mean | L |
| Who bear the brunt of our America | M |
| And try to wrench her impulse into art | N |
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| You were not always sure not always set | O |
| To hiding night or tuning symphonies' | K |
| Had not one style from birth but tried and pried | P |
| And stretched and tampered with the media | M |
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| You and Abe Lincoln from that mass of dolts | K |
| Show us there's chance at least of winning through | B |
Ezra Pound
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