Analysis of Here The Frailest Leaves Of Me
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
HERE the frailest leaves of me, and yet my strongest-lasting:
Here I shade and hide my thoughts--I myself do not expose them,
And yet they expose me more than all my other poems.
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 1011110111010 11101111111011 01101111111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 193 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 10 sec read
- 84 Views
35 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Here The Frailest Leaves Of Me" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/38024/here-the-frailest-leaves-of-me>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Walt Whitman poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In