Analysis of No Labor-Saving Machine
Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)
NO labor-saving machine,
Nor discovery have I made;
Nor will I be able to leave behind me any wealthy bequest to found a
hospital or library,
Nor reminiscence of any deed of courage, for America,
Nor literary success, nor intellect--nor book for the book-shelf;
Only a few carols, vibrating through the air, I leave,
For comrades and lovers.
| Scheme | ABCDCEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101001 10100111 11111011011101001110 10110 1010110111010100 110001110111011 10011010010111 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 269 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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