This is an analysis of Once I Pass'D Through A Populous City by Walt Whitman.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for
future use, with its shows, architecture, customs, and…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 1111010010010111 1010011010101 010 1101110101010010110001 110111101 1111111100101111 001011 1010111011011000101 0111011110101 011111011111 1101011010111100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

i, me, by

Anaphora

again

Epiphora

me

Anadiplosis

again