This is an analysis of Le Marais Du Cygne by John Greenleaf Whittier.

A BLUSH as of roses
Where rose never grew!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdedafefagegadXdedadhgaidXXdjahaekdkldcdaaaaagdgXmimnjcjaglgconoioXo
  • Stanza lengths: 72,
  • Metre: 011010 11101 111011 11001 010011 11101 011110 11001 110010 11111 110110 11111 011010 11011 010010 11001 0010110 01011 10011000 01001 1011010 11111 0011011 01001 0011110 111110 0010010 11011 110111 111010 111011 11111 0010110 11011 110110 11011 1101110 01111 100110 01011 110011 11011 011110 11001 110111 11011 111010 11111 110010 11011 110010 11001 10101011 01001 1010010 01101 1011010 01101 010110 01101 111110 11011 010011 11001 1010010 11111 110110 11011 110011 01101 110010 01001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 72

Repeated words/phrases

of, free

Anaphora

on, free