Analysis of Inscription
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
SMALL is the theme of the following Chant, yet the greatest--namely,
One's-Self--that wondrous thing a simple, separate person.
That, for the use of the New World, I sing.
Man's physiology complete, from top to toe, I sing. Not physiognomy
alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the muse;--I say the Form
complete is worthier far. The female equal with the male, I
sing,
Nor cease at the theme of One's-Self. I speak the word of the modern,
the word En-Masse:
My Days I sing, and the Lands--with interstice I knew of hapless War.
O friend whoe'er you are, at last arriving hither to commence, I feel
through every leaf the pressure of your hand, which I return.
And thus upon our journey link'd together let us go.
Scheme | XXABBXACXX XCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101001101010 1111010101010 1101101111 101000111111111 0111011101011101 011100101101011 1 1110111111011010 0111 111100111111101 11111110101010111 110010101111101 010110101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 793 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 3 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 273 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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