Analysis of To A Common Prostitute
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
To a Common Prostitute
BE composed--be at ease with me--I am Walt Whitman, liberal and lusty
as Nature;
Not till the sun excludes you, do I exclude you;
Not till the waters refuse to glisten for you, and the leaves to
rustle for you, do my words refuse to glisten and rustle for
you.
My girl, I appoint with you an appointment--and I charge you that you
make preparation to be worthy to meet me,
And I charge you that you be patient and perfect till I come.
Till then, I salute you with a significant look, that you do not
forget me.
Scheme | X AXBBXB BAX XA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010 1011111111110100010 110 110101111011 1101001110110011 1011111011100101 1 11101111010011111 10101110111 011111110001111 11101110010011111 011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 593 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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