This is an analysis of Ichabod by John Greenleaf Whittier.
So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Which once he wore!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dede fafa ghgh ifif ejej jijiXjgjg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 110110101 1111 01000111 1000 01110101 0111 110011111 0101 11010101 1111 11011101 1101 11010101 01110 11010101 01110 11011101 0111 11010101 0101 11010101 0101 01011101 0101 01111101 11001 01010101 1101 11010111 0111 11011101 0101 110100011 0011 11000101 1101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36