This is an analysis of The Eternal Goodness by John Greenleaf Whittier.
O Friends! with whom my feet have trod
The quiet aisles of prayer,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef cgcg aaaa hihi XjXj gkgk cici fgfgfafa Xlil kmkm gcgc gdgd nfnf egeg mmmm lblb cbcb glglXglgl
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11011111 0101001 11001111 110111 11110100 110111 11111101 110111 11110111 011101 01011111 110111 11000101 110111 01011101 010101 11011101 110101 111101011 0111001 11010101 0100111 11011111 011111 11011100 010111 11111000 110101 11110101 110111 11110101 110101 11110001 111111 110100101 010101 11011111 110101 11011011 010101 100100101 111111 01111101 111100 11011100 110111 11010001 110001 01111101 111101 11100111 010101 11010101 010101 10010101 010111 11111101 110111 11111111 111111 11110101 010101 01011111 010101 10111111 011011 0111011 110101 110001111 111101 11110111 110111 11010101 110101 11011101 110111 11110101 110101 11011101 010111 11001101 011101 11111111 011101 11111111 110110 01101111 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 21
- Lines: 88
Repeated words/phrases
with, i, his, and
Anaphora
who, the, too, i, and
