This is an analysis of The Arsenal At Springfield by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling,
Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb XbXb cdcd eaea cdXd fbfb egeX bbbb ecec gdgd bcbXXbbbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 00010001010 1011010101 11110111010 1001000101 11010111110 1011010111 1101110100 0100110100 111010100110 0101000101 11010111011 0101010111 11110101010 11010101001 11010101010 10101010101 11010110010 1101010101 1111011100 1011110101 01001111010 01110011101 01010001010 0101000101 01010111010 01001000101 11011001010 010000100 00110101010 0110010011 11010111010 1100010100 010101101010 0101011111 100010101010 1011010011 0101100101 11001011101 01010101010 1110000101 10110111010 01001110111 11010101010 1111010111000 11110001010 0101110101 11001100010 0101000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
of
Anaphora
the, were
Anadiplosis
peace
