This is an analysis of Lincoln, The Man Of The People by Edwin Markham.
When the Norn Mother saw the Whirlwind Hour
Greatening and darkening as it hurried on,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbccdXefghci defejibeikgacXi gcjjXlcclgXkbXghgbhiebeei
- Stanza lengths: 13,15,25,
- Metre: 10110101110 100110010101 11010010111 0101010101 1101100101 1110010101 1101010100 1001010101 11010001001 0001110101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 010001101011 0111010101 0101110001 0000011111 0101000111 0100011101 0100011101 0100011111 0100011111 0101000101 0100110001 11110001010 1001110001 001011100100 110101 1001 0101010101 0101010101 1011000100 11011010101 0101100101 1001110101 1101110101 0011110001 1101111101 10010111001 01001101001 0101010001 1101000101 1101010101 1001001101 11010011101 0100011101 1011010101 1111110111 1111011111 1101010101 1100110101 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, that, to, as, held
Anaphora
the, held
