This is an analysis of Spain 1873-'74 by Walt Whitman.
OUT of the murk of heaviest clouds,
Out of the feudal wrecks, and heap'd-up skeletons of kings,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXXXc XXcXb
- Stanza lengths: 9,5,
- Metre: 100101001 10010111110001 1011010101001010100 10010100100101 1101011001101 010111 011011010100 0101001001 10011 111011010 11111011010111 11111010101111 1110101101010 1101110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
of, out, thee
Anaphora
out, a, thou