This is an analysis of The Christmas Of 1888 by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Low in the east, against a white, cold dawn,
The black-lined silhouette of the woods was drawn,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabaab ccadda eeXaaa eXfdXf ggadda
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1001010111 01110100111 110101 0101111111 1111010111 010111 0111111101 1111000101 110001 111101001001 0111010111 110111 11110010001 0111010111 101110 01011110011 101110010111 110111 0101011101 01111111010 111111 01010001001 01010001101 110011 0111000111 11011110101 111111 11111101001 11010010111 110001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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