This is an analysis of Funeral Tree Of The Sokokis by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Around Sebago's lonely lake
There lingers not a breeze to break…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaa bXb ccc aaa ddd eee fff fff bbb fXf Xgg ggg bbb hhh ggg ggg hhh hXh fff ggg ccc aaa Xhh fff ddd hhh bbb ggg iii ggg jjj XkkXjjj
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Metre: 01100101 11010101 01010101 01010101 011101110 11010101 011100101 01010111 11010101 100111101 111111001 11110101 11110101 11011101 11011101 011101001 111010001 010010101 11010111 11000101 011001001 11000101 01110101 01011101 01000101 11010101 011101101 101100100 11010100 01110100 01110110 11011101 01100101 11010101 11010101 11000111 101011101 11111001 01100101 01111101 11011101 11011101 11010101 01100101 01011111 11010101 010010101 11000101 01011101 01010111 01011101 101011101 01011110 010010100 10110101 11110101 11010111 11110101 1101111 010100001 110101000 01011111 110011001 01110111 01011101 01010111 11110110 11010101 111100101 11110101 11100100 11000101 1110001101 10010111 01110101 11010011 11011101 110011111 11010101 11010101 11000101 110110101 010010101 11110101 11011101 010010101 01011101 11110101 11110001 11010101 11010101 01000101 01010101 10010100 01111101 01010101 10110111 10111111 01001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 33
- Lines: 99
Repeated words/phrases
of, and
Anaphora
the, as, no, and, not
