This is an analysis of In Memory: James T. Fields by John Greenleaf Whittier.
As a guest who may not stay
Long and sad farewells to say…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc aaa ccc ddd eee ddd fff ddd ccc ggg aaa Xhh bbb aaX iXi jjj
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Metre: 1011111 1111101 1010101 0010101 0110101 1111111 1011101 0111101 1111101 1111101 1010101 1110101 1010111 1010101 1110101 11111001 1010101 1010101 1010111 1110111 1010101 1111101 1110101 1011101 10011101 11110101 11111101 1101100 1011101 1111101 1011111 1011101 1110101 1011101 1011101 10001101 1111011 1011111 1010101 11111100 1110111 1110101 1001101 1010101 0010101 1010101 1010100 1010100 1111111 1010100 1111111 1000101 1110100 1010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 18
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
of, thy, and
Anaphora
of
Anadiplosis
mirth