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A Leaf For Hand In Hand

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


   A LEAF for hand in hand!
   You natural persons old and young!
   You on the Mississippi, and on all the branches and bayous of the
         Mississippi!
   You friendly boatmen and mechanics! You roughs!
   You twain! And all processions moving along the streets!
   I wish to infuse myself among you till I see it common for you to
         walk hand in hand!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEEFA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 365
Words 63
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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