This is an analysis of Between The Gates by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Between the gates of birth and death
An old and saintly pilgrim passed,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc XdXd bXbX abab ecec bdbd fdfd dcdc dXdX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010111 11110101 01011100 011111 111100111 01011011 11011101 010111 11111111 11010101 11111100 010101 11110101 110101110 11010101 010101 11110111 1100100101 11000101 110101 100010111 110011111 11010101 101101 11110100 00110011 01110101 111101 11011101 01010101 11100111 010101 11110111 110010101 01110001 111001 11011101 110010011 11111111 1100010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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