Had I The Choice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACADDAEHad I the choice to tally greatest bards | A |
To limn their portraits stately beautiful and emulate at will | B |
Homer with all his wars and warriors Hector Achilles Ajax | A |
Or Shakespeare's woe entangled Hamlet Lear Othello Tennyson's | A |
fair ladies | A |
Meter or wit the best or choice conceit to wield in perfect rhyme | C |
delight of singers | A |
These these O sea all these I'd gladly barter | D |
Would you the undulation of one wave its trick to me transfer | D |
Or breathe one breath of yours upon my verse | A |
And leave its odor there | E |
Walt Whitman
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