This is an analysis of George L. Stearns by John Greenleaf Whittier.

He has done the work of a true man,--
Crown him, honor him, love him.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb adad baba cece aeae XeXe ffff gfgf eaeX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111010011 1110111 11011010 1101011 11010110 10010111 10010111010 111101111 101001010 0100101 101011110 010111 11011001 110001 11011111 010111 101011110 01001010 11010010010 11001010 10111011 1110111 0111010 0100111 111101110 01001010 111011100 01001010 1101001 11100111 111011101 0100101 110111010 110010 110011010 111010 101001010 0100100 1111010 1110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

him, and, his, to

Anaphora

no