American Feuillage Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLCMNCOPQR SOTPUVWTXYHTZHTFOA2B 2HC2EHHTEFFTETTHD2D2 E2GHF2G2D2HH2HHTTHBF HFHUI2FTHHEHJ2TTFFOK 2ULL2L2FC2FM2FTHHFN2 FN2FFJ2HO2CHHHN2HHHZ ETHN2MHLLP2FM2HCHFHO

AMERICA alwaysA
Always our own feuillageB
Always Florida's green peninsula Always the priceless delta ofC
Louisiana Always the cotton fields of Alabama and TexasD
Always California's golden hills and hollows and the silverE
mountains of New Mexico Always soft breath'd CubaF
Always the vast slope drain'd by the Southern Sea inseparable withG
the slopes drain'd by the Eastern and Western SeasH
The area the eighty third year of These States the three and a halfI
millions of square milesJ
The eighteen thousand miles of sea coast and bay coast on the mainK
the thirty thousand miles of river navigationL
The seven millions of distinct families and the same number ofC
dwellings Always these and more branching forth intoM
numberless branchesN
Always the free range and diversity always the continent ofC
DemocracyO
Always the prairies pastures forests vast cities travelersP
Kanada the snowsQ
Always these compact lands lands tied at the hips with the beltR
stringing the huge oval lakesS
Always the West with strong native persons the increasing densityO
there the habitans friendly threatening ironical scorningT
invadersP
All sights South North East all deeds promiscuously done at allU
timesV
All characters movements growths a few noticed myriads unnoticedW
Through Mannahatta's streets I walking these things gatheringT
On interior rivers by night in the glare of pine knots steamboatsX
wooding upY
Sunlight by day on the valley of the Susquehanna and on the valleysH
of the Potomac and Rappahannock and the valleys of the RoanokeT
and DelawareZ
In their northerly wilds beasts of prey haunting the AdirondacksH
the hills or lapping the Saginaw waters to drinkT
In a lonesome inlet a sheldrake lost from the flock sitting on theF
water rocking silentlyO
In farmers' barns oxen in the stable their harvest labor done theyA2
rest standing they are too tiredB2
Afar on arctic ice the she walrus lying drowsily while her cubsH
play aroundC2
The hawk sailing where men have not yet sail'd the farthest polarE
sea ripply crystalline open beyond the floesH
White drift spooning ahead where the ship in the tempest dashesH
On solid land what is done in cities as the bells all strikeT
midnight togetherE
In primitive woods the sounds there also sounding the howl of theF
wolf the scream of the panther and the hoarse bellow of theF
elkT
In winter beneath the hard blue ice of Moosehead Lake in summerE
visible through the clear waters the great trout swimmingT
In lower latitudes in warmer air in the Carolinas the large blackT
buzzard floating slowly high beyond the tree topsH
Below the red cedar festoon'd with tylandria the pines andD2
cypresses growing out of the white sand that spreads far andD2
flatE2
Rude boats descending the big Pedee climbing plants parasites withG
color'd flowers and berries enveloping huge treesH
The waving drapery on the live oak trailing long and lowF2
noiselessly waved by the windG2
The camp of Georgia wagoners just after dark the supper fires andD2
the cooking and eating by whites and negroesH
Thirty or forty great wagons the mules cattle horses feeding fromH2
troughsH
The shadows gleams up under the leaves of the old sycamore treesH
the flames with the black smoke from the pitch pine curlingT
and risingT
Southern fishermen fishing the sounds and inlets of North Carolina'sH
coast the shad fishery and the herring fishery the largeB
sweep seines the windlasses on shore work'd by horses theF
clearing curing and packing housesH
Deep in the forest in piney woods turpentine dropping from theF
incisions in the trees There are the turpentine worksH
There are the negroes at work in good health the ground in allU
directions is cover'd with pine strawI2
In Tennessee and Kentucky slaves busy in the coalings at theF
forge by the furnace blaze or at the corn shuckingT
In Virginia the planter's son returning after a long absenceH
joyfully welcom'd and kiss'd by the aged mulatto nurseH
On rivers boatmen safely moor'd at night fall in their boats underE
shelter of high banksH
Some of the younger men dance to the sound of the banjo or fiddleJ2
others sit on the gunwale smoking and talkingT
Late in the afternoon the mocking bird the American mimic singingT
in the Great Dismal Swamp there are the greenish waters theF
resinous odor the plenteous moss the cypress tree and theF
juniper treeO
Northward young men of Mannahatta the target company from anK2
excursion returning home at evening the musket muzzles allU
bear bunches of flowers presented by womenL
Children at play or on his father's lap a young boy fallen asleepL2
how his lips move how he smiles in his sleepL2
The scout riding on horseback over the plains west of theF
Mississippi he ascends a knoll and sweeps his eye aroundC2
California life the miner bearded dress'd in his rude costume theF
stanch California friendship the sweet air the graves one inM2
passing meets solitary just aside the horsepathF
Down in Texas the cotton field the negro cabins drivers drivingT
mules or oxen before rude carts cotton bales piled on banksH
and wharvesH
Encircling all vast darting up and wide the American Soul withF
equal hemispheres one Love one Dilation or PrideN2
In arriere the peace talk with the Iroquois the aborigines theF
calumet the pipe of good will arbitration and indorsementN2
The sachem blowing the smoke first toward the sun and then toward theF
earthF
The drama of the scalp dance enacted with painted faces and gutturalJ2
exclamationsH
The setting out of the war party the long and stealthy marchO2
The single file the swinging hatchets the surprise and slaughter ofC
enemiesH
All the acts scenes ways persons attitudes of These StatesH
reminiscences all institutionsH
All These States compact Every square mile of These States withoutN2
excepting a particle you also me alsoH
Me pleas'd rambling in lanes and country fields Paumanok's fieldsH
Me observing the spiral flight of two little yellow butterfliesH
shuffling between each other ascending high in the airZ
The darting swallow the destroyer of insects the fall travelerE
southward but returning northward early in the springT
The country boy at the close of the day driving the herd of cowsH
and shouting to them as they loiter to browse by the road sideN2
The city wharf Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Charleston NewM
Orleans San FranciscoH
The departing ships when the sailors heave at the capstanL
Evening me in my room the setting sunL
The setting summer sun shining in my open window showing the swarmP2
of flies suspended balancing in the air in the centre of theF
room darting athwart up and down casting swift shadows inM2
specks on the opposite wall where the shine isH
The athletic American matron speaking in public to crowds ofC
listenersH
Males females immigrants combinations the copiousness theF
individuality of The States each for itself the money makersH
Factories machineryO

Walt Whitman



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