This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XLV that begins with:

O span of youth! ever-push'd elasticity!
O manhood, balanced, florid and full.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XbcdXefb f ea ff XdfcX XfbdX cc cc bfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,1,2,2,5,5,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110111100 111101011 1101011 10111001011 100111110110100111 1011010010010101101011 10110101110101 10110010011 101100110010 1000101110111100001 1110010110010010101 100010100110010100111011001 101110011110 1101101111011010 111110111111101101001010 101101101011010 10110101010 11101111010001 110010010010010 1101101010010010 101101101010 01110111011011100 001001100101011010011 111011011111 110111101110110 01100010011000101111001110010 11111010101 110111010011101 11011101001011 110100100010 01001111111011 01100001011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, of, and, as, i, outward, farther, there are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines systems, that are repeated).

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