Analysis of Now Finale To The Shore

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



NOW finale to the shore!
   Now, land and life, finale, and farewell!
   Now Voyager depart! (much, much for thee is yet in store;)
   Often enough hast thou adventur'd o'er the seas,
   Cautiously cruising, studying the charts,
   Duly again to port, and hawser's tie, returning:
   --But now obey, thy cherish'd, secret wish,
   Embrace thy friends--leave all in order;
   To port, and hawser's tie, no more returning,
   Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor!                        10


Scheme ABACDEFGEG
Poetic Form
Metre 1010101 110101001 11000111111101 10011111001 1001010001 100111011010 1101110101 011111010 1101111010 01011101110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 492
Words 76
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 337
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Walt Whitman

Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. more…

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