This is an analysis of Lydia H. Sigourney by John Greenleaf Whittier.

She sang alone, ere womanhood had known
The gift of song which fills the air to-day…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1101110111 0101110101 1011010101 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4