This is an analysis of Hymn Of The Dunkers by John Greenleaf Whittier.
KLOSTER KEDAR, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA (1738)
SISTER MARIA CHRISTINA sings…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X a aabb ccdd eeff eegg bbcc cchh iXdd ggjj bbkk cXhh ggbb bbeeXhhii
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 101010010101 100100101 11010111 01100101 01010111 11010111 10011111 11111111 10011101 11000100 11010101 11011101 11000101 01110101 11110101 11110111 11110101 011100101 11110011 11110101 110001101 011100111 01011111 11011101 11110111 11011101 11010101 01010111 11111101 01010100 01110101 01010111 11010101 01000101 11010101 11011111 100111010 111101010 11010101 01010101 11011101 10011101 11111111 0100111001 11110100 11010100 11000101 1000100101 010100101 11010101 11011111 11011101 11111101 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
for, and, our, he, all
Anaphora
our, we, he, the
