Analysis of Savantism

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




   THITHER, as I look, I see each result and glory retracing itself and
         nestling close, always obligated;
   Thither hours, months, years--thither trades, compacts,
         establishments, even the most minute;
   Thither every-day life, speech, utensils, politics, persons, estates;
   Thither we also, I with my leaves and songs, trustful, admirant,
   As a father, to his father going, takes his children along with him.


Scheme ABCDEAF
Poetic Form
Metre 111111101010010010 1011100 110111101 0100100110 1100111010101001 111011110111 101011101011100111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 435
Words 62
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 45
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 315
Words per stanza (avg) 60
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Walt Whitman

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