This is an analysis of Hymn Of The Children by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Thine are all the gifts, O God!
Thine the broken bread;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa baba cbcb adad ecec
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1110111 10101 1010101 10101 1110111 11101 1011101 10111 1010101 00101 1010101 00101 1011101 1010001 1010101 00111 10011101 11111 1010111 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

thine