This is an analysis of Cavalry Crossing A Ford by Walt Whitman.

A LINE in long array, where they wind betwixt green islands;
They take a serpentine course--their arms flash in the sun--Hark to…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbXacXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 01010111101110 110101111100110 01001 0101001000010101001 01 010111111100100 10011010 101101001101110001 1 10111101 01011010001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

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