This is an analysis of Chicago by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Men said at vespers: 'All is well!'
In one wild night the city fell;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabb bbXX ccdd eeff gghh aaXb iibb jjcc cckXXkkjj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 01110101 11011101 010100101 11011111 11011111 11110111 11000101 11110101 010100101 110000101 01010001 010011110 110111010 11011111 01010101 01010111 01000111 110101001 01110101 11011101 01010111 010111100 11111101 11010011 01010011 1110101 01011101 110001101 01010100 11010111 01000101 11010111 01110101 01011111 01000100 111111011 11010101 01110101 11010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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Anadiplosis
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