“On the Beach at Night Alone” is a poem written by Walt Whitman about human similarities. He uses the phrase, “A vast similitude interlocks all,” which means that everything on the Earth is somehow connected. Whitman uses a lot of repetition, such as the word “all,” to stress these similarities. He also repeats the phrase “vast similitude.” Additionally, Whitman uses figurative language, such as metaphors and personification to open the poem. “As the old mother sways her to and fro, singing her husky song.” This stanza represents Mother Nature or the Earth itself. This stanza, “As I watch the bright stars shining, I think a thought of the clef of the universes, and of the future,” is a metaphor for life. There is no shift within the poem,