When I Heard At The Close Of The Day Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLEMNOPEQE ERISEE| When I heard at the close of the day how my name | A |
| had been receiv'd with plaudits in the capitol still | B |
| it was not a happy night for me that follow'd | C |
| And else when I carous'd or when my plans were accomplish'd | D |
| still I was not happy | E |
| But the day when I rose at dawn from the bed of perfect health | F |
| refresh'd singing inhaling the ripe breath of autumn | G |
| When I saw the full moon in the west grow pale and disappear | H |
| in the morning light | I |
| When I wander'd alone over the beach and undressing bathed | J |
| laughing with the cool waters and saw the sun rise | K |
| And when I thought how my dear friend my lover was on his way | L |
| coming O then I was happy | E |
| O then each breath tasted sweeter and all that day my food | M |
| nourish'd me more and the beautiful day pass'd well | N |
| And the next came with equal joy and with the next at evening | O |
| came my friend | P |
| And that night while all was still I heard the waters roll slowly | E |
| continually up the shores | Q |
| I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands as directed to me | E |
| whispering to congratulate me | E |
| For the one I love most lay sleeping by me under the same cover | R |
| in the cool night | I |
| In the stillness in the autumn moonbeams his face was inclined | S |
| toward me | E |
| And his arm lay lightly around my breast and that night I was happy | E |
Walt Whitman
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