Turn, O Libertad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEDFCDGHIJKLDH| TURN O Libertad for the war is over | A |
| From it and all henceforth expanding doubting no more resolute | B |
| sweeping the world | C |
| Turn from lands retrospective recording proofs of the past | D |
| From the singers that sing the trailing glories of the past | D |
| From the chants of the feudal world the triumphs of kings slavery | E |
| caste | D |
| Turn to the world the triumphs reserv'd and to come give up that | F |
| backward world | C |
| Leave to the singers of hitherto give them the trailing past | D |
| But what remains remains for singers for you wars to come are for | G |
| you | H |
| Lo how the wars of the past have duly inured to you and the wars | I |
| of the present also inure | J |
| Then turn and be not alarm'd O Libertad turn your undying | K |
| face | L |
| To where the future greater than all the past | D |
| Is swiftly surely preparing for you | H |
Walt Whitman
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