City Of Ships Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBCDEFGFHIJKLF| City of ships | A |
| O the black ships O the fierce ships | A |
| O the beautiful sharp bow'd steam ships and sail ships | A |
| City of the world for all races are here | B |
| All the lands of the earth make contributions here | B |
| City of the sea city of hurried and glittering tides | C |
| City whose gleeful tides continually rush or recede whirling in and out with eddies and foam | D |
| City of wharves and stores city of tall fa ades of marble and iron | E |
| Proud and passionate city mettlesome mad extravagant city | F |
| Spring up O city not for peace alone but be indeed yourself warlike | G |
| Fear not submit to no models but your own O city | F |
| Behold me incarnate me as I have incarnated you | H |
| I have rejected nothing you offer'd me whom you adopted I have adopted | I |
| Good or bad I never question you I love all I do not condemn anything | J |
| I chant and celebrate all that is yours yet peace no more | K |
| In peace I chanted peace but now the drum of war is mine | L |
| War red war is my song through your streets O city | F |
Walt Whitman
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About City Of Ships
City Of Ships is a poem by Walt Whitman. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about City Of Ships poem by Walt Whitman
Best Poems of Walt Whitman