This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XXVII that begins with:
To be in any form, what is that?
(Round and round we go, all of us, and ever come back thither)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX XXX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 000101101 111111011101110 0101101001000101001 101101 11100101101101111 111001011010011 11011101101110 0111001110001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (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; i is repeated.
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More information about poems by Walt Whitman
- Analysis of Song Of Myself, XXVIII
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