Analysis of Of The Visage Of Things

Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)



OF the visages of things--And of piercing through to the accepted
         hells beneath;
   Of ugliness--To me there is just as much in it as there is in
         beauty--And now the ugliness of human beings is acceptable to
         me;
   Of detected persons--To me, detected persons are not, in any respect,
         worse than undetected persons--and are not in any respect worse
         than I am myself;
   Of criminals--To me, any judge, or any juror, is equally criminal--
         and any reputable person is also--and the President is also.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 101110110110010 101 11001111111011110 1001010011010101001 1 10101011010101101001 1101010011010011 1111 110011101110101100100 0101000101100010110
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 551
Words 86
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 380
Words per stanza (avg) 84
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Walt Whitman

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