Analysis of Solid, Ironical, Rolling Orb
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
SOLID, ironical, rolling orb!
Master of all, and matter of fact!--at last I accept your terms;
Bringing to practical, vulgar tests, of all my ideal dreams,
And of me, as lover and hero.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100100101 1011010111110111 101100101111011 011110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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