Lines 1-8 Identify and explain Whitman’s use of structure, words, and phrases that are examples of poetic language.

In lines 1-8 of the poem, "When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer",
In line 1, the trochaic pentameter that uses the pattern stressed-unstressed was used.
In lines 1, 2, 4, and 6, repetition in the form of Anaphora was employed for emphasis and to create rhythm through the usage of "when" at the beginning of the lines.
Line two has no particular pattern. The iambic meter was used in line 3 in the stressed-unstressed pattern.
Iambic pentameter was used in line 8. The difference in word content of the beginning and later part of the poem illustrate the differences between the speaker and the astronomer.
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