This is an analysis of Psalm Cxxxvii The Babylonian Captivity by Joel Barlow.
ALONG the banks where Babel's current flows
Our captive bands in deep despondence stray'd,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gaga fhfhXadad
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 0101110101 1101011001 111010101 0101010001 01001110111 11011101001 0101010111 11010101001 01001000101 0101010101 11010101001 1110010101 1101011101 1101010101 11010101001 1101010101 010110011101 0111011101 11001010101 1111011111 1101111101 10001010101 0101010001 1101000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
of, my
Anaphora
if
