This is an analysis of Mannahatta by Walt Whitman.
I WAS asking for something specific and perfect for my city,
Whereupon, lo! upsprang the aboriginal name!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ab acXXdefgdegdhXXijXhdcifcdfddgaeXhjaibXb
- Stanza lengths: 2,39,
- Metre: 11101100101011110 1011100101001 11111000101101010 1001010 11101011001111 01111110010101010 111001 1111010101101 10011011010 10010111010101 11000100111 1111011110111 0101100101010010 1001010 0101011100100 101011101101 0111010100100100 100011011010010 1 1000100111010001 0110101010100100 1110 0101011101010101 010101101010010 10011110011111 00100010010111001 1011001 10110011010011 1 00101010101101 10 01010101101101010100 0101011011 011011110011 0100100100101100100 100111 0101001110 01001101110000100110 10000 010011111110110011 1011111100
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 41
Repeated words/phrases
that, word, of, city, and, i
Anaphora
the
