This is an analysis of To The Reader At Parting by Walt Whitman.

NOW, dearest comrade, lift me to your face,
We must separate awhile--Here! take from my lips this kiss.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1101111011 11101011101101 01011110010001 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4