This is an analysis of Whispers Of Heavenly Death by Walt Whitman.

WHISPERS of heavenly death, murmur'd I hear;
Labial gossip of night--sibilant chorals;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdXb bdad XXc
  • Stanza lengths: 7,4,3,
  • Metre: 10010011011 10100110010 11100101001010111 10001101001010010 10 100010010100010010 1 1111101110 100101110010110 01101110111 01011010 110001011001011 10010101000 1101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14

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