Analysis of O You Whom I Often And Silently Come

Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)




   O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be
         with you;
   As I walk by your side, or sit near, or remain in the same room with
         you,
   Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is
         playing within me.


Scheme ABCBDA
Poetic Form
Metre 111110010011111111 11 11111111110100111 1 10110100101011111 10011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 270
Words 51
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 177
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Walt Whitman

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