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
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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Walt Whitman

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