Analysis of Laws For Creations
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
LAWS for Creations,
For strong artists and leaders--for fresh broods of teachers, and
perfect literats for America,
For noble savans, and coming musicians.
All must have reference to the ensemble of the world, and the compact
truth of the world;
There shall be no subject too pronounced--All works shall illustrate
the divine law of indirections.
What do you suppose Creation is?
What do you suppose will satisfy the Soul, except to walk free, and
own no superior?
What do you suppose I would intimate to you in a hundred ways, but
that man or woman is as good as God?
And that there is no God any more divine than Yourself?
And that that is what the oldest and newest myths finally mean? 10
And that you or any one must approach Creations through such laws?
Scheme | ABXA XXXA XBXXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 11100101111100 01110100 1101010010 111100100101010010 1101 11110110111110 001111 111010101 1110111001011110 110100 111011110011001011 1111011111 01111110101101 0111101001011001 0111101101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 832 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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