Long I Thought That Knowledge Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFGCHIJKLGMNOPQ MPRPST| LONG I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me O if I could | A |
| but obtain knowledge | B |
| Then my lands engrossed me Lands of the prairies Ohio's land the | C |
| southern savannas engrossed me For them I would live I would | A |
| be their orator | D |
| Then I met the examples of old and new heroes I heard of warriors | E |
| sailors and all dauntless persons And it seemed to me that I | F |
| too had it in me to be as dauntless as any and would be so | G |
| And then to enclose all it came to me to strike up the songs of the | C |
| New World And then I believed my life must be spent in | H |
| singing | I |
| But now take notice land of the prairies land of the south | J |
| savannas Ohio's land | K |
| Take notice you Kanuck woods and you Lake Huron and all that with | L |
| you roll toward Niagara and you Niagara also | G |
| And you Californian mountains That you each and all find somebody | M |
| else to be your singer of songs | N |
| For I can be your singer of songs no longer One who loves me is | O |
| jealous of me and withdraws me from all but love | P |
| With the rest I dispense I sever from what I thought would suffice | Q |
| me for it does not it is now empty and tasteless to me | M |
| I heed knowledge and the grandeur of The States and the example of | P |
| heroes no more | R |
| I am indifferent to my own songs I will go with him I love | P |
| It is to be enough for us that we are together We never separate | S |
| again | T |
Walt Whitman
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