Analysis of The Last Invocation

Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)



At the last, tenderly,

From the walls of the powerful fortress'd house,
From the clasp of the knitted locks, from the keep of the well-closed doors,
Let me be wafted.
Let me glide noiselessly forth;
With the key of softness unlock the locks--with a whisper,
Set open the doors O soul.

Tenderly--be not impatient,
(Strong is your hold, O mortal flesh,
Strong is your hold O love.)


Scheme X XXXXXX XXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 101100 1011010011 1011010110110111 11110 11111 10111001011010 1100111 10011010 11111101 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 387
Words 70
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 3
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Walt Whitman

Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. more…

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