This is an analysis of Debris by Walt Whitman.

HE is wisest who has the most caution,
He only wins who goes far enough.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX aa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,
  • Metre: 1010110110 110111101 10101010101100101 001010100
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 4

Anaphora

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