I Saw Old General At Bay
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
I SAW old General at bay;
(Old as he was, his grey eyes yet shone out in battle like stars;)
His small force was now completely hemm'd in, in his works;
He call'd for volunteers to run the enemy's lines--a desperate
emergency;
I saw a hundred and more step forth from the ranks--but two or three
were selected;
I saw them receive their orders aside--they listen'd with care--the
adjutant was very grave;
I saw them depart with cheerfulness, freely risking their lives.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDEEFGHI |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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