To A Certain Civilian Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKCLA| DID YOU ask dulcet rhymes from me | A |
| Did you seek the civilian's peaceful and languishing rhymes | B |
| Did you find what I sang erewhile so hard to follow | C |
| Why I was not singing erewhile for you to follow to understand nor | D |
| am I now | E |
| I have been born of the same as the war was born | F |
| The drum corps' harsh rattle is to me sweet music I love well the | G |
| martial dirge | H |
| With slow wail and convulsive throb leading the officer's funeral | I |
| What to such as you anyhow such a poet as I therefore leave my | J |
| works | K |
| And go lull yourself with what you can understand and with piano | C |
| tunes | L |
| For I lull nobody and you will never understand me | A |
Walt Whitman
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