This is an analysis of The Torch by Walt Whitman.

ON my northwest coast in the midst of the night, a fishermen's group
stands watching;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111100100101001 110 110110101010110 10 0010110011010110 100101101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6