Analysis of I Thought I Was Not Alone
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
I THOUGHT I was not alone, walking here by the shore,
But the one I thought was with me, as now I walk by the shore,
As I lean and look through the glimmering light--that one has utterly
disappeared,
And those appear that perplex me.
| Scheme | AABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 1111101101101 101111111111101 11101101001111100 01 01011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 255 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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