This is an analysis of Beginners by Walt Whitman.

HOW they are provided for upon the earth, (appearing at intervals;)
How dear and dreadful they are to the earth;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXaXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 111010101010101100 1111011001 110100111101010101 0111 11001001101 1101001001111 11110010011010101 11011100011101101 110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

how, they, to

Anaphora

how