Analysis of To The Reader At Parting
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
NOW, dearest comrade, lift me to your face,
We must separate awhile--Here! take from my lips this kiss.
Whoever you are, I give it especially to you;
So long!--And I hope we shall meet again.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111111 1110011111111 0101111101011 1101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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