This is an analysis of Overruled by John Greenleaf Whittier.

The threads our hands in blindness spin
No self-determined plan weaves in;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb bbcc aadd eedd aaff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01110101 11010110 010000110 11010111 11010111 11110101 11110101 01000101 01110101 110100101 01010101 11010111 11011110 01101101 11110001 01001101 11110111 11010111 11110001 110100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

the, as