This is an analysis of After Election by John Greenleaf Whittier.
THE day's sharp strife is ended now,
Our work is done, God knoweth how!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeddffgghhiieeddbbddddbbjjdd
- Stanza lengths: 36,
- Metre: 01110101 11011101 11011001 01000111 110101010 010001010 11010111 01110101 11010001 11011101 11110101 01000100 11000101 00010101 01110111 11010101 11110111 01011101 01010101 01100101 11010101 01110111 11010101 01110101 01110101 11011101 11111101 01100101 11010111 01010111 11011101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 36
Anaphora
that, from, thou