Analysis of The Ship Starting
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
LO! THE unbounded sea!
On its breast a Ship starting, spreading all her sails--an ample
Ship, carrying even her moonsails;
The pennant is flying aloft, as she speeds, she speeds so stately--
below, emulous waves press forward,
They surround the Ship, with shining curving motions, and foam.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101 111011010101110 11001001 0101100111111110 0111110 10101110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 323 |
Words | 49 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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