This is an analysis of The Givers Of Life by Bliss William Carman.

I.
WHO called us forth out of darkness and gave us the gift of life,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddeeccXccccXfggXhhiiffaaddXjjkkjjlljjmmXXXddkkffccjjddXddddffaannccii
  • Stanza lengths: 74,
  • Metre: 1 111110101110101 111100101100101 10111100100101 10010101001001 101100101011011 010011101011111 01001001100101011 101100111101101 1011011010110011 010111110100100 1 111010101101111 01001001000011010 10010010100101 1101010000101 1001001010011010 1001001010011010 1010010100111 101100101011001 1 110110101110101 1111100101100101 10100010101111 1011010100101 111010110101111 010110101001001 101100101011001 100101100100101 10011010010111 10011010100101 1 111011101101001 11111010111101 1101110101111 000101100001010 01001001001001001 10010011010001 101100100101111 1010010011001011001 011100100111001 11010110100111 1001110101011 1101000101001011 10010101010001 11010100101111 1 111110101001011 01101001011101011 111001010110111 1010110101101011 10010101001001 111110101110101 10111011010100101 101010010101010001 110100100100101 1001110101001 11011101101101 010010101101111 1 0001010000111 1001011010001011 0100100101101011 10100101010100101 11000101110101 110011100110001 0101101110101111 111110111101011 100100101001001 1110101111101101 11011110111101 11110101011100101 000100100100101 111110101100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 74

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, to, our, they, their, for, in

Anaphora

who