Analysis of When I Peruse The Conquer'd Fame
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
WHEN I peruse the conquer'd fame of heroes, and the victories of
mighty generals, I do not envy the generals,
Nor the President in his Presidency, nor the rich in his great house;
But when I hear of the brotherhood of lovers, how it was with them,
How through life, through dangers, odium, unchanging, long and long,
Through youth, and through middle and old age, how unfaltering, how
affectionate and faithful they were,
Then I am pensive--I hastily walk away, fill'd with the bitterest
envy.
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Metre | 11010101110001001 10100111100100 10100110001010111 1111101011011111 1111101010101 110110011111 010001010 111101100101110100 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 538 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 387 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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