O Bitter Sprig! Confession Sprig!
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
O BITTER sprig! Confession sprig!
In the bouquet I give you place also--I bind you in,
Proceeding no further till, humbled publicly,
I give fair warning, once for all.
I own that I have been sly, thievish, mean, a prevaricator, greedy,
derelict,
And I own that I remain so yet.
What foul thought but I think it--or have in me the stuff out of
which it is thought?
What in darkness in bed at night, alone or with a companion?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAX AXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 462 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3 |
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