This is an analysis of To Oratists by Walt Whitman.
TO ORATISTS--to male or female,
Vocalism, measure, concentration, determination, and the divine power…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXabcXa XXcaaXadX aXaebfe deX dXXaXaff
- Stanza lengths: 7,9,7,3,8,
- Metre: 010001111 10010101001010100110 011 1111110101100100 10001 11101111111 110000110011 11011101001010010 1010101100 101011101011 100101100101010010 1010101 100111010010101010 010 10111001100110010 10001100111 10111111010101101 101 1010100011101001 1010110011101010 1011 110111100101000101 0111110 1110110011110100 11100110011100100101 1111110010001100 00110001001111110 11 10011001010101 010111111111 10010010100011101 1010101100100 1111111011111 1111101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
to, after, and, on
Anaphora
after, and, on
Epiphora
death