Analysis of Walt Whitman
Edwin Arlington Robinson 1869 – 1935
The master-songs are ended, and the man
That sang them is a name. And so is God
A name; and so is love, and life, and death,
And everything. But we, who are too blind
To read what we have written, or what faith
Has written for us, do not understand:
We only blink, and wonder.
Last night it was the song that was the man,
But now it is the man that is the song.
We do not hear him very much to-day:
His piercing and eternal cadence rings
Too pure for us --- too powerfully pure,
Too lovingly triumphant, and too large;
But there are some that hear him, and they know
That he shall sing to-morrow for all men,
And that all time shall listen.
The master-songs are ended? Rather say
No songs are ended that are ever sung,
And that no names are dead names. When we write
Men's letters on proud marble or on sand,
We write them there forever.
Scheme | AXXXXBC AXDXXXXXX DXXBC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110001 1111010111 0101110101 010111111 1111110111 110111101 1101010 1111011101 1111011101 1111110111 1100010101 111111001 1100010011 1111111011 1111110111 0111110 0101110101 1111011101 0111111111 1101110111 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 825 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 9, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
- 50 sec read
- 284 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Walt Whitman" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/10098/walt-whitman>.
Discuss this Edwin Arlington Robinson poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In