Analysis of Germs
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
FORMS, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts,
The ones known, and the ones unknown--the ones on the stars,
The stars themselves, some shaped, others unshaped,
Wonders as of those countries--the soil, trees, cities, inhabitants,
whatever they may be,
Splendid suns, the moons and rings, the countless combinations and
effects;
Such-like, and as good as such-like, visible here or anywhere, stand
provided for in a handful of space, which I extend my arm and
half enclose with my hand;
That contains the start of each and all--the virtue, the germs of
all.
Scheme | ABCDECFCCCGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110010100101 0110010101101 010111101 1011110011100100 10111 10101010100100 01 1101111110011101 0101001111101110 101111 101011101010011 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 92 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 440 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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