This is an analysis of Pioneers! O Pioneers! by Walt Whitman.
COME, my tan-faced children,
Follow well in order, get your weapons ready;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcC defC cXgC fhcaC ffXX iXcC icaXC jjXkC XfXhaC lmmX llmXlC aeiC lbXiC akfC fglX lncC cfiC bXciC XlcC lgfiX gcfC cdnlC ghXgC gcfC fajlX Xggfc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,5,4,4,5,5,6,4,6,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,5,5,4,5,5,
- Metre: 111110 101010111010 111101111110 1011101 1110101 11111011101010 1010100101011101 1011101 111101 10101010101011101 111110111100011 1011101 10101010 1111111010101010 1 1110101010101010 1011101 1011101 110010101001101 11101111010101 10111011 11001010 1010101010101 10010101001110011 1011101 10101010 101010101110101 01 1010101010101100 1011101 1010111 001010001010101 101 001100100010111 1011101 00100101 101111100100010101 1000 10101110101010 10 1011101 1100101 10101011111010111 11111011110111 10111011 10101010 10101001010101010 1111 1010111101010100 10 1011101 111010110 111011111101110 1010101010101110 1011101 1110101 01001010001000110 11 101010110111010 1011101 1010101 11101011110101 1010111011110101 1011101 1010001 10011110010101 101010101010001111 10111011 10111010 101111010111 101010101010011 1011101 10101010 10100001010101010 10101010010101010 1011101 11011110 1010011101001111 11101011001010 10 1011101 1010101 1010101101001110 1010011010101 1011101 11011101 111010110100101011 01 1010101010111010 10111011 1110001 111110101110111 1011001001111010 1011101 10101010 10101011111111 1 11111010011111011 1011101 1110001 10101010101010 1001 1010111011101010 1011101 10101001 101001011111101 10101011010101 1011101 101010 10101110011010101 11 101010111011010100 10111011 101010 111011111111110 1 1001001010101101011101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 26
- Lines: 142
Repeated words/phrases
your, we, and, world, from, all, o, mistress, die, you, not
Anaphora
we, o, all, lo, not, do
Epiphora
all, mistress
