Facing West From California's Shores Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBDDEBFDB| FACING west from California's shores | A |
| Inquiring tireless seeking what is yet unfound | B |
| I a child very old over waves towards the house of maternity the | C |
| land of migrations look afar | D |
| Look off the shores of my Western Sea the circle almost circled | B |
| For starting westward from Hindustan from the vales of Kashmere | D |
| From Asia from the north from the God the sage and the hero | D |
| From the south from the flowery peninsulas and the spice islands | E |
| Long having wander'd since round the earth having wander'd | B |
| Now I face home again very pleas'd and joyous | F |
| But where is what I started for so long ago | D |
| And why is it yet unfound | B |
Walt Whitman
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