Yosemite Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACBBD EEFGEFFG HHIHJKJ LLFLFMFM NNOPOPGG| Sound sound sound | A |
| O colossal walls and crown'd | A |
| In one eternal thunder | B |
| Sound sound sound | A |
| O ye oceans overhead | C |
| While we walk subdued in wonder | B |
| In the ferns and grasses under | B |
| And beside the swift Merced | D |
| - | |
| Fret fret fret | E |
| Streaming sounding banners set | E |
| On the giant granite castles | F |
| In the clouds and in the snow | G |
| But the foe he comes not yet | E |
| We are loyal valiant vassals | F |
| And we touch the trailing tassles | F |
| Of the banners far below | G |
| - | |
| Surge surge surge | H |
| From the white Sierra's verge | H |
| To the very valley blossom | I |
| Surge surge surge | H |
| Yet the song bird builds a home | J |
| And the mossy branches cross them | K |
| In the clouds of falling foam | J |
| - | |
| Sweep sweep sweep | L |
| O ye heaven born and deep | L |
| In one dread unbroken chorus | F |
| We may wonder or may weep | L |
| We may wait on God before us | F |
| We may shout or lift a hand | M |
| We may bow down and deplore us | F |
| But may never understand | M |
| - | |
| Beat beat beat | N |
| We advance but would retreat | N |
| From this restless broken breast | O |
| Of the earth in a convulsion | P |
| We would rest but dare not rest | O |
| For the angel of expulsion | P |
| From this Paradise below | G |
| Waves run onward and we go | G |
Joaquin Miller
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