This is an analysis of Hush'D Be The Camps To-Day by Walt Whitman.

HUSH'D be the camps to-day;
And, soldiers, let us drape our war-worn weapons;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcX dda XcX Xdb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,3,3,3,
  • Metre: 100101 11011111110 110101010101 110101 111111010 1100101111101 1011010101 1110011 1001111011100110 10 111001011 1111010101111 10101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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