This is an analysis of Unfolded Out Of The Folds by Walt Whitman.

UNFOLDED out of the folds of the woman, man comes unfolded, and is
always to come unfolded;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdaebXdfedfcaXcddX
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 010100100101101010 1101010 01010100100100010010 1001001 010100100100010100 1 010101000110001010101 00110 0101010001000100010110 100110111101 0101001110010111011 01011100111 01011001000110101110 11010010001 01010010010111010 011100100 0101001000101100010 0101001000010011001 01001101011101001 100100100100101010 101010010111010 01
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

of, unfolded, only, out, woman

Anaphora

unfolded

Anadiplosis

unfolded