This is an analysis of Aboard At A Ship's Helm by Walt Whitman.
ABOARD, at a ship's helm,
A young steersman, steering with care.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XX ab aX XXbbX XX
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,5,2,
- Metre: 011011 01101001 01111011100010 1101101011101 1110100111101110 101001010011 11100111011011010 011010110101100 11 010011010101011 011011 1101001011101011 1100101001100100100
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 13
Repeated words/phrases
bell, ringing, you, ship
Anaphora
a
Anadiplosis
ringing
