This is an analysis of Naples – 1860 by John Greenleaf Whittier.
I GIVE thee joy!—I know to thee
The dearest spot on earth must be…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc aaa ddd ddd eee fff aaX ccc ggg hhX iXiXccc
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Metre: 11111101 01011110 1111110101 11010101 01010111 011100001001 11110111 01110101 111110001 11110101 11010101 1101000101 11111101 01100101 1111011101 11010111 01010101 1001110001 110011101 11010011 01010010011 11010011 010010101 1101010101 11000111 11010101 1101010100 11010101 01011101 1001100101 11111101 011000101 11010010100 01110101 11010101 11000101000 11110111 01111100 1001011101 11011101 01110111 100101001001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
s, and, to
Anaphora
where, and