This is an analysis of A Song For The Time by John Greenleaf Whittier.
UP, laggards of Freedom! — our free flag is cast
To the blaze of the sun and the wings of the blast;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddcceeeeaaccffgggghhiihh
- Stanza lengths: 32,
- Metre: 11001011101 001001101001 011001011010 001101001111 101101111101 1111110100101 111010101101 111101011101 111101111001 11001111101 101111001001 01101111011 11111011011 101111011001 11111001001 11011011001 11101001101 11001011001 101001101001 111001101111 110110010110 1010011010010 111001111111 101011101011 11101011111 101011101111 11001011101 01101001101 11001011001 101101001011 110010100111 11100011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
of, him, and, let, his, slave, like, to, so, come
Anaphora
let
