Analysis of Adieu To A Solider
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
ADIEU, O soldier!
You of the rude campaigning, (which we shared,)
The rapid march, the life of the camp,
The hot contention of opposing fronts--the long manoeuver,
Red battles with their slaughter,--the stimulus--the strong, terrific
game,
Spell of all brave and manly hearts--the trains of Time through you,
and like of you, all fill'd,
With war, and war's expression.
Adieu, dear comrade!
Your mission is fulfill'd--but I, more warlike,
Myself, and this contentious soul of mine, 10
Still on our own campaigning bound,
Through untried roads, with ambushes, opponents lined,
Through many a sharp defeat and many a crisis--often baffled,
Here marching, ever marching on, a war fight out--aye here,
To fiercer, weightier battles give expression.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110 1101010111 010101101 0101010101011 1101110010001010 1 11110101011111 011111 1101010 0111 1101011111 101010111 111010101 101111000101 11001010100101010 11010101011111 1101101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 823 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 8 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 290 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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