This is an analysis of Evangeline: Part The First. Iii. by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
BENT like a laboring oar, that toils in the surf of the ocean,
Bent, but not broken, by age was the form of the notary public;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXcXdbXXabaecXaffXghdgXbicaXhXXbjXXekijddfjkdljaddjdidjXXhgci fdXXcfdafikmddiaXXXccac lXdXXaidjaijdagXeaaXidXjeejjm
- Stanza lengths: 62,23,29,
- Metre: 1101001110010010 11110111010010010 10101101010011 1001001011110011 101101001010100 100101011111010 10101101110111 1100010011110010 1001011111010010 1110101111010 101011110110111 110101111011010 11101001100010 1001011001010010 100110100111000 11110101010010 11110101010010 11010111010110011 100100100110101100 010101110010010 1110011010110011 1001010110010011 1010101111010010 101111110111110 1010010110010010 1001111011110010 111101011110110 1111011010110010 10111111111011 11010010111010011 11011110110110100 1001001110010010 1011001010010010 10011101110010 10111010010110011 1101011001111110 0101110011110010 101001110010110 1011010111110010 101101001011010 100101010010011 1001011110110010 1001001101110010 100111110010010 1011001110011010 100101010010010 1101011010011010 10110110100010010 1010011111000010 11110111110011 110101001011010 1001011010011010 10010010010010010 11001001011010010 10110111010011 1101001010010010 100101111010011 001111010011100 1011011010110011 11011111110110 1010010011011010 100101101010010 101011001011010 11010101010011 1111111010010011 1001001001010110 100101011010010 100100101011010 10011010110110010 1011001111011010 10010101011010 11011101010010 1010010110011011 100101001110111 1001001110011010 101001011110101 10101101110010 110110010010011 11110111010100 110111101110011 1101001110010100 1010110010010011 1001011010010011 1001110010011010 100101001110010 110100110010010 110100101010110 101101011010011 10011111011011 1010100001110010 1001010010111011 110101100010010 100101010010110 10111010010010 101101101010010 101101110010010 1011010010011011 101111101010010 1011011010010110 0101011110010010 1011111010011011 11010011010110011 11010110011010010 11010101010010010 111101010011110 10111101010010 101110101010010 10010111010011011 100101111010010 1100110101010011 100101110011010 11110010110100011 100100111110011 110100111010010
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 114
Repeated words/phrases
of, his, all, and, in, i, ', on, her, she
Anaphora
bent, and, laughed