This is an analysis of Old Ireland by Walt Whitman.
FAR hence, amid an isle of wondrous beauty,
Crouching over a grave, an ancient, sorrowful mother,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdXcXee bcdXXecbaeeXca
- Stanza lengths: 9,14,
- Metre: 11011101010 10100111010010 1011111010101 0111100101010 10110101101 110111101001011 1 0101011101001110 1 1011010 11111101011010 0111 1111111011111 0101 111011101011 01101001011111101 010111010011110010 10 10111111101101 111110101001 011010110 11010111 10100110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
of, her, you, not
Epiphora
grave
