We Two-how Long We Were Fool'd Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLDMNODHMM MPQRS| WE two how long we were fool'd | A |
| Now transmuted we swiftly escape as Nature escapes | B |
| We are Nature long have we been absent but now we return | C |
| We become plants leaves foliage roots bark | D |
| We are bedded in the ground we are rocks | E |
| We are oaks we grow in the openings side by side | F |
| We browse we are two among the wild herds spontaneous as any | G |
| We are two fishes swimming in the sea together | H |
| We are what the locust blossoms are we drop scent around the lanes | I |
| mornings and evenings | J |
| We are also the coarse smut of beasts vegetables minerals | K |
| We are two predatory hawks we soar above and look down | L |
| We are two resplendent suns we it is who balance ourselves orbic | D |
| and stellar we are as two comets | M |
| We prowl fang'd and four footed in the woods we spring on prey | N |
| We are two clouds forenoons and afternoons driving overhead | O |
| We are seas mingling we are two of those cheerful waves rolling | D |
| over each other and interwetting each other | H |
| We are what the atmosphere is transparent receptive pervious | M |
| impervious | M |
| We are snow rain cold darkness we are each product and influence | M |
| of the globe | P |
| We have circled and circled till we have arrived home again we two | Q |
| have | R |
| We have voided all but freedom and all but our own joy | S |
Walt Whitman
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