This is an analysis of Election Day, November, 1884 by Walt Whitman.
If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show,
‘Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXbXacXccXdbdb
- Stanza lengths: 17,
- Metre: 011101110111000111 11010101111001011110101010 110100110101010101010001010 11010 11011111010101110101 01010000100111101111000100 101 010010010010101010010 01011101111111001010101 0101010 010101001010101110 010111001010 111111011100100010101 10110100100010101 110101010101101111 1101111101 1100100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
nor, you, and, or
Anaphora
the
Epiphora
conflict
