This is an analysis of Eidólons by Walt Whitman.
I MET a Seer,
Passing the hues and objects of the world,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcX defgX hXeX gXeX XebX ihjX kilX XXbX aghX idjX Xjfh XXlX mXcn XniX bjkX ogcjnX iaoX bXmX gXiX inkX jkhX
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101 1001110001 0101110101 0110 101111 1101001011110110 110101111111010 1 1010 1001010 100101000101 1001010111010101 1010 100100 100100101001100 100100010001 10010 1111 1101111101 1101011101 1101101 0101010 01001101110101 11010101 010010 0100101 0101010101010111 0111111101 0010 0111 11010100110101001 0101010101 011110 001111 010010101001 010011011101010 0110 1001 01010101010101 1100101110100 10101 100110 1001011101 1111010101 101010 011100 010011101 010100011111 010110 1111 01010010100011 100101010110101 101010 010010 010010101010 01011010100111 01010010 1001 1101010101010 0111100100101 10101 011101010 01110111000101011 1010 0101010001000101000 100 0100010010 10011 1010101011 100010010010 101010 010101 1101010101011 1101001000100010100 1110 1111 11010101000 110101110101 1110 110100 01010101110 010010011101111 1101101 11011011 1101011101 10010101011110 0111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 21
- Lines: 87
Repeated words/phrases
put, ever, or, old, of, shape, beyond, lons, eid, yet, to, thy
Anaphora
ever, the, beyond, shall, thy
