This is an analysis of Lines On The Portrait Of A Celebrated Publisher by John Greenleaf Whittier.
A MOONY breadth of virgin face,
By thought unviolated;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXefgbXbXfXhhiiXaXaaababgfcfXXhacajXdXhXggggegegafjf
- Stanza lengths: 56,
- Metre: 01010101 111000 01010101 0101110 01010101 1110010 11010101 1111010 01010101 0101110 01001101 1101010 11011110 1101010 01110111 011001 01111001 1101010 11010101 1101010 01011001 1101010 01000101 0101010 11110101 1101011 11001111 0110010 11111111 0101010 110101001 11001010 11010101 1101010 01000101 0101110 11100101 1101010 11100001 1001011 11010101 0101010 11010101 1101110 11010101 1111010 010011101 1101110 11010101 1101010 11011101 0101110 11010111 0101010 01010101 01010010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 56
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