Not The Pilot
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
NOT the pilot has charged himself to bring his ship into port, though
beaten back, and many times baffled;
Not the path-finder, penetrating inland, weary and long,
By deserts parch'd, snows-chill'd, rivers wet, perseveres till he
reaches his destination,
More than I have charged myself, heeded or unheeded, to compose a
free march for These States,
To be exhilarating music to them--a battle-call, rousing to arms, if
need be--years, centuries hence.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 502 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
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