This is an analysis of Gliding Over All by Walt Whitman.

GLIDING o'er all, through all,
Through Nature, Time, and Space,…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 1010111 110111 1011010010 0100011101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5