This is an analysis of Facing West From California's Shores by Walt Whitman.

FACING west, from California's shores,
Inquiring, tireless, seeking what is yet unfound,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXXabXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 101010101 01001001010110 1011011010101001000 10010101 1101011010101110 110100101001010 010001001011010 00100100100010110 1101011011010 111101101110 1101110111011 1100110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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