This is an analysis of The Call Of The Christian by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Not always as the whirlwind's rush
On Horeb's mount of fear,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd eeeeffff ededgfgf cXcbhihi djdjkhkh fhfhlele bkbkgmgm
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11110101 110101 11110101 010101 11010111 010101 11010101 110101 11110101 01011010 01000101 0101010 10000101 110111 11010101 110101 11010101 0101001 10010101 010101 11111001 010101 11100101 111001 11111100 110011 11101111 101001 101101001 110101 01010101 010101 11010101 1101101 110100111 1101001 10110111 010101 01000111 110001 11010111 1101101 01001101 010101 01010101 010101 01110001 110111 11000101 110111 11000101 010111 11010101 011001 100111101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
nor, of, for, o'er, and
Anaphora
nor, the

