This is an analysis of For An Autumn Festival by John Greenleaf Whittier.
The Persian's flowery gifts, the shrine
Of fruitful Ceres, charm no more;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaeA baXa dfdf eeee gdgd acac cbcb hihi ififXeaeA
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 010100101 01010111 01010111 11010101 11010101 11011101 11011111 11011101 110101110 11110101 010001010 01010101 01110111 01110101 010111010 011101101 110100111 101011111 11010111 01010101 11010111 11010101 01010101 01010101 110100111 11011111 01010111 01011001 111101011 11010111 11011101 11010111 11101101 010010101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11010111 11110101 01010101 110011101 11010101 111100111 01010101 1111010010 11010101 100101010 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, her, we
Anaphora
and, the, her, oh, we, who
