Analysis of The Imprisoned Soul
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
AT the last, tenderly,
From the walls of the powerful, fortress'd house,
From the clasp of the knitted locks--from the keep of the well-closed
doors,
Let me be wafted.
Let me glide noiselessly forth;
With the key of softness unlock the locks--with a whisper
Set ope the doors, O soul!
Tenderly! be not impatient!
(Strong is your hold, O mortal flesh!
Strong is your hold, O love!)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101100 1011010011 101101011011011 1 11110 11111 10111001011010 110111 10011010 11111101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 388 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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