Analysis of Spain 1873-'74
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
OUT of the murk of heaviest clouds,
Out of the feudal wrecks, and heap'd-up skeletons of kings,
Out of that old entire European debris--the shatter'd mummeries,
Ruin'd cathedrals, crumble of palaces, tombs of priests,
Lo! Freedom's features, fresh, undimm'd, look forth--the same
immortal face looks forth;
(A glimpse as of thy mother's face, Columbia,
A flash significant as of a sword,
Beaming towards thee.)
Nor think we forget thee, Maternal;
Lag'd'st thou so long? Shall the clouds close again upon thee? 10
Ah, but thou hast Thyself now appear'd to us--we know thee;
Thou hast given us a sure proof, the glimpse of Thyself;
Thou waitest there, as everywhere, thy time.
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Metre | 110111001 11010101110011 1111010010010101 10010101100111 11010111101 010111 011111010100 0101001101 10011 111011010 111111101101011 1111110111111 111010110111 11111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 5 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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