This is an analysis of The Demon Of The Study by John Greenleaf Whittier.
The Brownie sits in the Scotchman's room,
And eats his meat and drinks his ale,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdcdee afafee ghghii Xbcbii eieicc Xdjdee hchcaa igiXcc cgcgii chchaa jdjdbb kikidd gdgdee lelecc ieiecc ebebgg XbgbaaXcjcjcc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 010100101 11011101 110100011 1010100101 1110111001 1110110101 010111001 1010100111 010110101 10010101 1010010101 101110101 01100110101 1101101 110111101 1011011 1110011101 010100111 1010110111 0110111011 1010011111 110101101 0010111011 110011011 1100101100 1100101100 1100100111 0110101101 111111011 1111100111 011100101 10100100111 111101001 101100101 111111111 11110111 1100101111 110101111 1110101101 111100101 1110101101 1101100101 111101011 0011100101 00101001011 011100101 110101011101 1101111001 01010101 010110101 0100100111 010110110 111100111 1101110111 1110101011 10010101101 0100100101 1101100111 1011100111 0110100101 1111001001 0001101011 1111110101 1111100111 110100101 110011111 110100101 1100110101 011100111 011110101 1110111001 101111111 111111001 010111101 110100111 010100001 1010011101 110100111 110111111 011101101 111010111 1100100101 011010101 1111101101 111100101 110111111 110110101 1110100111 1100111101 111111101 110111101 110110111 0100100111 1010100101 1100111001 1110010111 1101001011 110100101 110111001 110101101 11101111 110100111 100110000 1011101 10100111111 01001101 1110101101 0101101001 1011010100 001011001001 00101100101 010011101 111111111 110101111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 19
- Lines: 114
Repeated words/phrases
and, his, of, ye, some, i, to
Anaphora
and, no, the, or, some, her, i
