This is an analysis of World, Take Good Notice by Walt Whitman.

WORLD, take good notice, silver stars fading,
Milky hue ript, weft of white detaching,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 1101010110 1011101100 110110110 1001001110 11111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5