Analysis of O You Whom I Often And Silently Come
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be
with you;
As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the same room with
you,
Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is
playing within me.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110010011111111 11 11111111110100111 1 10110100101011111 10011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 270 |
Words | 51 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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