This is an analysis of A Riddle Song by Walt Whitman.
THAT which eludes this verse and any verse,
Unheard by sharpest ear, unform'd in clearest eye or cunningest mind,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbXacXdbXX bbXb dbedX ee eebeebbeXbdXaXXcee
- Stanza lengths: 12,4,5,2,18,
- Metre: 1101011101 01110101010111001 1111110011 110101001110101 0100 11111101010101 1011010010011010 10100011101010 1101010101010001 1101010111010 1100101110011010101 010111110111 100001101010101 01010101 0100010100110010 0101001001 01011101 110001001 1101011111 11010100101 1011001 1101010100 111101010100 110010 1101111110 110100100111101 110101011110 110101011010 11100111011100001 10001 1101010000 11011001010100011 101101010100010011 11111 11011101110101010 1 11010101010100 1011001111110 011011010010110 1101110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
nor, and, which, or, of, it, how, for, to
Anaphora
which, or, two, how
Epiphora
it
