Analysis of Thought
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
OF obedience, faith, adhesiveness;
As I stand aloof and look, there is to me something profoundly
affecting in large masses of men, following the lead of those
who do not believe in men.
| Scheme | ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010011 1110101111110010 0100110111000111 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 215 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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