This is an analysis of Howard At Atlanta by John Greenleaf Whittier.

RIGHT in the track where Sherman
Ploughed his red furrow,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXdeaXXeffaffcccaXdecfXfgfgfdXaXdfXXXagagdfdaXXfdfXf
  • Stanza lengths: 56,
  • Metre: 1001110 10110 1001010 1001010 10010110 01010100 10111010 101010 11011010 0011110 1001010 1001010 0101110 01110 1001010 10010 0111010 11110 1101010 110010 11001010 110111 11010110 001001 1101010 01110 1011111 01110 0101010 0101110 11011011 01110 11111110 11111 1111010 11011 111010010 110010 1010111100 10110 1110010 11110 01011010 01110 0110010 11010 11101110 0111010 1111110 1101110 1011010 01010 1111010 1101010 1111110 01110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

of, with

Anaphora

no