This is an analysis of Yet, Yet, Ye Downcast Hours by Walt Whitman.
YET, yet, ye downcast hours, I know ye also;
Weights of lead, how ye clog and cling at my ankles!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXXX bcbc XaXbbXX
- Stanza lengths: 5,4,7,
- Metre: 111111011110 101111111110 100100101110100010 1 100100100101001010 01011100011 0101101010101010 01111001111 111111101111010 1101110111011 101101011011001 110101 10110011011111 11010100110101001 110 011111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
ye, i, tell, me
Anaphora
the, i
Epiphora
me
