The poem doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme.
Explanation:
The poem was written by Walt Whitman.
The poem was written in free verse style because:
- it wasn't built from specific rhyme metrics.
- its verses and lines are more like statements.
- in the whole of the poem no words rhyme and there are no rhyme schemes followed.
Writing in free verse helped the writer in establishing a better connection with the readers. So in all manner, free verse made the poem communicative and entertaining.