This is an analysis of Song Of Myself, XIV by Walt Whitman.

The wild gander leads his flock through the cool night,
Ya-honk he says, and sounds it down to me like an invitation,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc XbdX dX ddda cdcXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,2,4,5,
  • Metre: 01101011011 1111110101111010 011010100111001 10101111010101 01110010110110100101 01000101111101 01001011100111 11001110111 0101100101010010 11011110010 11100001011 0111011011001011 0010110011010010111010010 111110010111 10100101010001 11001110101101 01011001111011011 110010110100 100010010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 19

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

the, of

Anadiplosis

me