This is an analysis of Beginning My Studies by Walt Whitman.
BEGINNING my studies, the first step pleas'd me so much,
The mere fact, consciousness--these forms--the power of motion,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXaXX
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 0101100111111 01110011010010 01111100010111 011111111111 111011101011010 1111010101001001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
Repeated words/phrases
me
Anaphora
the
