Analysis of A Leaf For Hand In Hand
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
A LEAF for hand in hand!
You natural persons old and young!
You on the Mississippi, and on all the branches and bayous of the
Mississippi!
You friendly boatmen and mechanics! You roughs!
You twain! And all processions moving along the streets!
I wish to infuse myself among you till I see it common for you to
walk hand in hand!
| Scheme | ABCDEEFA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101 110010101 11001001101001010 010 1101001011 1101010100101 111011011111110111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 259 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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