This is an analysis of Among The Multitude by Walt Whitman.

AMONG the men and women, the multitude,
I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,3,
  • Metre: 01011100101 101110111101011 010011110110101 1010111 1110111011111 11010110 11111010111111000 11111110010110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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