Song of Myself
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of
the stars,
And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand,
and the egg of the wren,
And the tree-toad is a chef-d'oeuvre of the highest,
And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of
heaven,
And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all
machinery,
And a cow crunching with depressed head surpasses any
statue.
And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of
infidels.
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Submitted on February 02, 2020
Modified on April 26, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDEAFGHHIAJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 478 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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