This is an analysis of Red Riding Hood by John Greenleaf Whittier.
On the wide lawn the snow lay deep,
Ridged o’er with many a drifted heap;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffgghhggiiiihh ccjjffhhh jjXXddcc ffeegghhkkcccc
- Stanza lengths: 8,16,9,8,14,
- Metre: 10110111 110100101 01110111 01011111 11010101 01011101 1101111 01110101 01011101 01010101 01010111 10011101 01011101 01010101 11010101 01011101 01010101 11000101 11110111 10010111 01010101 01111111 11011111 11110101 11010101 11000101 01110101 11010101 110010101 11010101 11000111 01011101 01010101 11111101 01010111 11010110 11001101 11111111 01110101 10011110 11101101 11110101 110100101 10010101 01010101 11010011 01110100 11011111 11000101 01110101 11011101 11010111 01010111 10110110 01001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 55
Repeated words/phrases
her, and, come, s
Anaphora
the, come
