Ah Poverties, Wincings Sulky Retreats Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGEFBEHIBB| AH poverties wincings and sulky retreats | A |
| Ah you foes that in conflict have overcome me | B |
| For what is my life or any man's life but a conflict with foes | C |
| the old the incessant war | D |
| You degradations you tussle with passions and appetites | E |
| You smarts from dissatisfied friendships ah wounds the sharpest of | F |
| all | G |
| You toil of painful and choked articulations you meannesses | E |
| You shallow tongue talks at tables my tongue the shallowest of | F |
| any | B |
| You broken resolutions you racking angers you smother'd ennuis | E |
| Ah think not you finally triumph My real self has yet to come | H |
| forth | I |
| It shall yet march forth o'ermastering till all lies beneath me | B |
| It shall yet stand up the soldier of unquestion'd victory | B |
Walt Whitman
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