This is an analysis of Lessons by Walt Whitman.

THERE are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety;
But I teach lessons of war and death to those I love,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXX
  • Stanza lengths: 3,
  • Metre: 111110011001110 1111001110111 111001010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 3