Out From Behind His Mask Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNHOHHP CQRHSTHHUV| OUT from behind this bending rough cut Mask | A |
| All straighter liker Masks rejected this preferr'd | B |
| This common curtain of the face contain'd in me for me in you for | C |
| you in each for each | D |
| Tragedies sorrows laughter tears O heaven | E |
| The passionate teeming plays this curtain hid | F |
| This glaze of God's serenest purest sky | G |
| This film of Satan's seething pit | H |
| This heart's geography's map this limitless small continent this | I |
| soundless sea | J |
| Out from the convolutions of this globe | K |
| This subtler astronomic orb than sun or moon than Jupiter Venus | L |
| Mars | M |
| This condensation of the Universe nay here the only Universe | N |
| Here the IDEA all in this mystic handful wrapt | H |
| These burin'd eyes flashing to you to pass to future time | O |
| To launch and spin through space revolving sideling from these to | H |
| emanate | H |
| To You whoe'er you are a Look | P |
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| A Traveler of thoughts and years of peace and war | C |
| Of youth long sped and middle age declining | Q |
| As the first volume of a tale perused and laid away and this the | R |
| second | H |
| Songs ventures speculations presently to close | S |
| Lingering a moment here and now to You I opposite turn | T |
| As on the road or at some crevice door by chance or open'd window | H |
| Pausing inclining baring my head You specially I greet | H |
| To draw and clench your Soul for once inseparably with mine | U |
| Then travel travel on | V |
Walt Whitman
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