Analysis of By The Bivouac's Fitful Flame
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
BY the bivouac's fitful flame,
A procession winding around me, solemn and sweet and slow;--but first
I note,
The tents of the sleeping army, the fields' and woods' dim outline,
The darkness, lit by spots of kindled fire--the silence;
Like a phantom far or near an occasional figure moving;
The shrubs and trees, (as I lift my eyes they seem to be stealthily
watching me;)
While wind in procession thoughts, O tender and wondrous thoughts,
Of life and death--of home and the past and loved, and of those that
are far away;
A solemn and slow procession there as I sit on the ground,
By the bivouac's fitful flame. 10
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Metre | 101101 00101001110010111 11 01101010010111 01011111010010 1010111101001010 01011111111111 101 11001011100101 110111001010111 1101 010010101111101 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 476 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 146 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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