This is an analysis of Gone by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Another hand is beckoning us,
Another call is given;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cded efgf bchc gfaf ihbh Xjij dkdk elel hihX fdid cgdg dfbf gmkmXhded
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 010101001 0101010 11110101 0111010 11110111 1101010 01010101 1110010 11000101 011001 11100101 111101 01001111 110101 01000101 110011 11110111 010101 11011101 011111 11111101 010001 010100101 111101 01000101 111101 10110111 110101 11010101 000101 11011111 011101 0100011 011111 01001101 01001 11000101 1101101 11010101 110111 11011101 011101 01010101 111111 01101100 111101 11111001 110101 10110011 110110 01000101 110111 11010101 011101 101100101 110101 111111001 0101010 110001001 0101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 15
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

of, her

Anaphora

another