This is an analysis of The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbb Xcdcec dfgfhf higiai jbjeXe eeibeb Xbcecb XdXddd
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 10010111 010101 0101101 0111001 101000101 111101 01011111 010101 01010101 111011 11011001 1111101 10110111 1110101 11111011 010111 1010100101 1010101 11010101 100101 11010101 110101 11010111 1100101 11111001 110101 11010111 110101 100010 1010101 010110101 100101 11110011 100111 10011111 011001 1010100 100111 11011101 110101 10010101 110101 11011101 1010111 11010101 110101 11010101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, his, he
Anaphora
the, his, you, and, he, each
