This is an analysis of A Name by John Greenleaf Whittier.
The name the Gallic exile bore,
St. Malo! from thy ancient mart,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd cece dfdf dcdc ghgh cdcd bdbd igig ejej dkdk blbl
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010111 11001101 01011101 111100 01010101 01111101 11010101 010111 01110111 11000101 010111001 110110 11110101 01010101 01111101 110111 0101101 11011111 01010001 010111 11011101 010011101 11011111 110101 11011101 111001111 10110101 110111 11011101 01111101 101101001 111101 11010101 01110001 11110101 111101 11010101 11111101 01000101 011100 111101011 11110111 11110101 1100101 01110101 01100111 01110011 111011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
i
Anaphora
the, each
