Analysis of One Sweeps By
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
ONE sweeps by, attended by an immense train,
All emblematic of peace--not a soldier or menial among them.
One sweeps by, old, with black eyes, and profuse white hair,
He has the simple magnificence of health and strength,
His face strikes as with flashes of lightning whoever it turns
toward.
Three old men slowly pass, followed by three others, and they by
three others,
They are beautiful--the one in the middle of each group holds his
companions by the hand,
As they walk, they give out perfume wherever they walk.
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Metre | 11101011011 10101110101100011 111111100111 1101011101 111111011001011 01 111101101110011 110 1110001001011111 010101 1111110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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