Analysis of Weave In, Weave In, My Hardy Life
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
WEAVE in! weave in, my hardy life!
Weave yet a soldier strong and full, for great campaigns to come;
Weave in red blood! weave sinews in, like ropes! the senses, sight
weave in!
Weave lasting sure! weave day and night the weft, the warp, incessant
weave! tire not!
(We know not what the use, O life! nor know the aim, the end--nor
really aught we know;
But know the work, the need goes on, and shall go on--the death-
envelop'd march of peace as well as war goes on;)
For great campaigns of peace the same, the wiry threads to weave;
We know not why or what, yet weave, forever weave.
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Metre | 10101101 11010101110111 1011110110101 10 110111010101010 1101 111101111101011 10111 11010111011101 010111111111 11011101010111 111111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 641 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 439 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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