This is an analysis of Walt Whitman by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

The master-songs are ended, and the man
That sang them is a name. And so is God…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbd aefXXXXaa feXbd
  • Stanza lengths: 7,9,5,
  • Metre: 0101110101 1100011101 0111011111 1101111111 0111110111 1101111101 1101110 1101011101 1100011001 1111110101 0101010101 111111001 1100010111 1111111111 1111010111 1111110 0101110101 1111011101 1111111111 1101110111 1101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 21

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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