This is an analysis of Song Of Myself, XLIV by Walt Whitman.
It is time to explain myself—let us stand up.
What is known I strip away,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X ab c dX ee fe faXX a dgc ahcb X aaXda ac Xbgh aX
- Stanza lengths: 1,2,1,2,2,2,4,1,3,4,1,5,2,4,2,
- Metre: 001001111111 1011101 1111110100100001 011010101110100101 111101010010110 1110011100100 11111010100 11010111010100 11111101110 111010011010010 011100110011110110 111011111100110011 11010011110101000 1110101000 11110010101111000100 11111100100001 1100110010110100101 1011010111111 11011010011 01111011101111101 1100111111100101 11111111001010 11111111 01100101011 10110011111 10101101011011010 110111010111 111100011011011 01111101101010101 11011100101011010 10010001011 0111010101 110010100 1010010001110100001 11010100010011011 11011101011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
and, trillions, i, of, with, long, me, to, it
Epiphora
variety, lamentation, me
