Chanting The Square Deific Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFGHHIJKADLMNO IDPQRSTPUSVSWXFAYZCF A2B2C2D2S E2SZF2FG2FFSSFFSFS KH2I2J2IWK2L2M2N2AO2 P2S| CHANTING the square deific out of the One advancing out of the | A |
| sides | B |
| Out of the old and new out of the square entirely divine | C |
| Solid four sided all the sides needed from this side JEHOVAH | A |
| am I | D |
| Old Brahm I and I Saturnius am | E |
| Not Time affects me I am Time old modern as any | F |
| Unpersuadable relentless executing righteous judgments | G |
| As the Earth the Father the brown old Kronos with laws | H |
| Aged beyond computation yet ever new ever with those mighty laws | H |
| rolling | I |
| Relentless I forgive no man whoever sins dies I will have that | J |
| man's life | K |
| Therefore let none expect mercy Have the seasons gravitation the | A |
| appointed days mercy No more have I | D |
| But as the seasons and gravitation and as all the appointed days | L |
| that forgive not | M |
| I dispense from this side judgments inexorable without the least | N |
| remorse | O |
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| Consolator most mild the promis'd one advancing | I |
| With gentle hand extended the mightier God am I | D |
| Foretold by prophets and poets in their most rapt prophecies and | P |
| poems | Q |
| From this side lo the Lord CHRIST gazes lo Hermes I lo mine is | R |
| Hercules' face | S |
| All sorrow labor suffering I tallying it absorb in myself | T |
| Many times have I been rejected taunted put in prison and | P |
| crucified and many times shall be again | U |
| All the world have I given up for my dear brothers' and sisters' | S |
| sake for the soul's sake | V |
| Wending my way through the homes of men rich or poor with the kiss | S |
| of affection | W |
| For I am affection I am the cheer bringing God with hope and all | X |
| enclosing Charity | F |
| Conqueror yet for before me all the armies and soldiers of the | A |
| earth shall yet bow and all the weapons of war become | Y |
| impotent | Z |
| With indulgent words as to children with fresh and sane words mine | C |
| only | F |
| Young and strong I pass knowing well I am destin'd myself to an | A2 |
| early death | B2 |
| But my Charity has no death my Wisdom dies not neither early nor | C2 |
| late | D2 |
| And my sweet Love bequeath'd here and elsewhere never dies | S |
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| Aloof dissatisfied plotting revolt | E2 |
| Comrade of criminals brother of slaves | S |
| Crafty despised a drudge ignorant | Z |
| With sudra face and worn brow black but in the depths of my heart | F2 |
| proud as any | F |
| Lifted now and always against whoever scorning assumes to rule | G2 |
| me | F |
| Morose full of guile full of reminiscences brooding with many | F |
| wiles | S |
| Though it was thought I was baffled and dispell'd and my wiles | S |
| done but that will never be | F |
| Defiant I SATAN still live still utter words in new lands duly | F |
| appearing and old ones also | S |
| Permanent here from my side warlike equal with any real as any | F |
| Nor time nor change shall ever change me or my words | S |
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| Santa SPIRITA breather life | K |
| Beyond the light lighter than light | H2 |
| Beyond the flames of hell joyous leaping easily above hell | I2 |
| Beyond Paradise perfumed solely with mine own perfume | J2 |
| Including all life on earth touching including God including | I |
| Saviour and Satan | W |
| Ethereal pervading all for without me what were all what were | K2 |
| God | L2 |
| Essence of forms life of the real identities permanent positive | M2 |
| namely the unseen | N2 |
| Life of the great round world the sun and stars and of man I the | A |
| general Soul | O2 |
| Here the square finishing the solid I the most solid | P2 |
| Breathe my breath also through these songs | S |
Walt Whitman
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