Had I The Choice Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAACADDAE| Had 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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