Analysis of As The Time Draws Nigh
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
AS the time draws nigh, glooming, a cloud,
A dread beyond, of I know not what, darkens me.
I shall go forth,
I shall traverse The States awhile--but I cannot tell whither or how
long;
Perhaps soon, some day or night while I am singing, my voice will
suddenly cease.
O book, O chants! must all then amount to but this?
Must we barely arrive at this beginning of us?... And yet it is
enough, O soul!
O soul! we have positively appear'd--that is enough.
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Metre | 10111101 01011111111 1111 11100101111011011 1 011111111110111 1001 111111101111 11100111010110111 0111 11111000011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 499 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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