By The Bivouac's Fitful Flame Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLA| BY the bivouac's fitful flame | A |
| A procession winding around me solemn and sweet and slow but first | B |
| I note | C |
| The tents of the sleeping army the fields' and woods' dim outline | D |
| The darkness lit by spots of kindled fire the silence | E |
| Like a phantom far or near an occasional figure moving | F |
| The shrubs and trees as I lift my eyes they seem to be stealthily | G |
| watching me | H |
| While wind in procession thoughts O tender and wondrous thoughts | I |
| Of life and death of home and the past and loved and of those that | J |
| are far away | K |
| A solemn and slow procession there as I sit on the ground | L |
| By the bivouac's fitful flame | A |
Walt Whitman
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