Apostroph Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAACDEFGAHIHJKLDBAH MNAAOPAADQRASAHTUAAA AAVAWXYXVAANZADAAALO LA2B2LLAB2OAB2VB2C2V VD2B2B2B2VV

O MATER O filsA
O brood continentalB
O flowers of the prairiesA
O space boundless O hum of mighty productsA
O you teeming cities O so invincible turbulent proudC
O race of the future O womenD
O fathers O you men of passion and the stormE
O native power only O beautyF
O yourself O God O divine averageG
O you bearded roughs O bards O all those slumberersA
O arouse the dawn bird's throat sounds shrill Do you not hear theH
cock crowingI
O as I walk'd the beach I heard the mournful notes foreboding aH
tempest the low oft repeated shriek of the diver the longJ
lived loonK
O I heard and yet hear angry thunder O you sailors O ships makeL
quick preparationD
O from his masterful sweep the warning cry of the eagleB
Give way there all It is useless Give up your spoilsA
O sarcasms Propositions O if the whole world should prove indeed aH
sham a sellM
O I believe there is nothing real but America and freedomN
O to sternly reject all except DemocracyA
O imperator O who dare confront you and meA
O to promulgate our own O to build for that which builds forO
mankindP
O feuillage O North O the slope drained by the Mexican seaA
O all all inseparable ages ages agesA
O a curse on him that would dissever this Union for any reasonD
whateverQ
O climates labors O good and evil O deathR
O you strong with iron and wood O PersonalityA
O the village or place which has the greatest man or woman even ifS
it be only a few ragged hutsA
O the city where women walk in public processions in the streets theH
same as the menT
O a wan and terrible emblem by me adoptedU
O shapes arising shapes of the future centuriesA
O muscle and pluck forever for meA
O workmen and workwomen forever for meA
O farmers and sailors O drivers of horses forever for meA
O I will make the new bardic list of trades and toolsA
O you coarse and wilful I love youV
O South O longings for my dear home O soft and sunny airsA
O pensive O I must return where the palm grows and the mocking birdW
sings or else I dieX
O equality O organic compacts I am come to be your born poetY
O whirl contest sounding and resounding I am your poet because IX
am part of youV
O days by gone Enthusiasts AntecedentsA
O vast preparations for These States O yearsA
O what is now being sent forward thousands of years to comeN
O mediums O to teach to convey the invisible faithZ
To promulge real things to journey through all The StatesA
O creation O to day O laws O unmitigated adorationD
O for mightier broods of orators artists and singersA
O for native songs carpenter's boatman's ploughman's songsA
shoemaker's songsA
O haughtiest growth of time O free and extaticL
O what I here preparing warble forO
O you hastening light O the sun of the world will ascend dazzlingL
and take his height and you too will ascendA2
O so amazing and so broad up there resplendent darting andB2
burningL
O prophetic O vision staggered with weight of light with pouringL
gloriesA
O copious O hitherto unequalledB2
O Libertad O compact O union impossible to disseverO
O my Soul O lips becoming tremulous powerlessA
O centuries centuries yet aheadB2
O voices of greater orators I pause I listen for youV
O you States Cities defiant of all outside authority I spring atB2
once into your arms you I most loveC2
O you grand Presidentiads I wait for youV
New history New heroes I project youV
Visions of poets only you really last O sweep on sweep onD2
O Death O you striding there O I cannot yetB2
O heights O infinitely too swift and dizzy yetB2
O purged lumine you threaten me more than I can standB2
O present I return while yet I may to youV
O poets to come I depend upon youV

Walt Whitman



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