This is an analysis of Thou Reader by Walt Whitman.

THOU reader throbbest life and pride and love the same as I,
Therefore for thee the following chants.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,
  • Metre: 11010111110111 111101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 2