This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XLVI that begins with:
I know I have the best of time and space, and was never measured and never will be measured.
I tramp a perpetual journey, (come listen all!)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcdXXbXa ef XeaXe Xgh hchhXa ef hXgX ccf dXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,2,5,3,6,2,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101111110101100010 1100100101101 1110111011011001 1101101011 11111110100 111100101011001 111111001110101 111101101 11110011010010101 11110111101111 11100110 001100011 011101011011011 0100101110111 1011111101111101 100101110111111 0110111101101011111 10111101011001 110111101101 0101110100111101010 11101101101010001 11010110010010 0110111011 111011111011011010 01 1110101101111 1101110101111110 10111 111001110101 111111101100111 11000111100111011 10111101001 11101011 11101000100011010010011 111100101001101 1101000110 011001001101101111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (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; and, i, no, not, it, on, we, you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, my, perhaps are repeated.
The author used the same words i, long at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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More information about poems by Walt Whitman
- Analysis of Song Of Myself, XLVII
- Analysis of Song Of Myself, XLVIII
- Analysis of Song Of Myself, XLIX
