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,…

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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