Souvenirs Of Democracy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCE FGHFIFJK| The business man the acquirer vast | A |
| After assiduous years surveying results preparing for departure | B |
| Devises houses and lands to his children bequeaths stocks goods funds for a school or hospital | C |
| Leaves money to certain companions to buy tokens souvenirs of gems and gold | D |
| Parceling out with care And then to prevent all cavil | C |
| His name to his testament formally signs | E |
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| But I my life surveying | F |
| With nothing to show to devise from its idle years | G |
| Nor houses nor lands nor tokens of gems or gold for my friends | H |
| Only these Souvenirs of Democracy In them in all my songs behind me leaving | F |
| To You who ever you are bathing leavening this leaf especially with my breath pressing on it a moment with my own hands | I |
| Here feel how the pulse beats in my wrists how my heart's blood is swelling contracting | F |
| I will You in all Myself with promise to never desert you | J |
| To which I sign my name | K |
Walt Whitman
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