This is an analysis of To Foreign Lands by Walt Whitman.

I HEARD that you ask'd for something to prove this puzzle, the New
World,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXab
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 111111100101001 1 1001010000100100 1111111011010011 10
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5

Repeated words/phrases

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