This is an analysis of Astræa At The Capitol by John Greenleaf Whittier.
WHEN first I saw our banner wave
Above the nation's council-hall,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba cccc deed bffb egge caac hiih jjjj feef gkkg bllb jkkX mkkm fggf cnnc kookXneen
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11111101 01010101 11010101 01010001 00110111 11010101 11100101 11110101 11111111 110010111 11110101 11010111 011100101 11010101 110010101 11010111 01110001 11000101 110100101 01010101 11110111 11111101 10010001 11001101 101001110 111111001 11011101 110101010 11111101 11110110 11011101 01001101 11110001 01110101 11010111 01010101 11110101 010001001 11001101 11010101 11110101 011101101 01010101 01010001 11111111 01110111 11010111 01010100 11010101 1101101 01011101 01011001 11110001 11011101 110000101 01111110 010101001 10010101 1101011 11010101 011101001 11011101 11110101 01000101 01010111 11011100 11110101 010100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
and, my, of, with
Anaphora
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