This is an analysis of The Familist's Hymn by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Father! to Thy suffering poor
Strength and grace and faith impart,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefdede gXghaiai jijiaiai hhhhhhhh ihihkfkf ljljaiai dhdhagag ebebagag jmjmdidi fnfnhihi
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 10011001 1111101 1011101 1000101 1010101 00100101 1110101 1000101 1011101 1111101 1011111 1110101 1111101 1001101 1111101 1110111 11101101 10101100 1110111 1110111 1010101 10101001 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1111101 10101001 101001001 1110101 1011101 1110101 1110101 1111101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1111101 1110101 1011101 10100101 0110101 1110101 1010101 0011101 1010011 1011101 0110111 1000101 1111101 1010111 0111101 1010111 1110101 10110011 1100101 1110111 1111001 1010111 1110111 10110101 1110001 1010111 1011101 1010001 1011101 1011101 1010011 1010001 1111101 1110111 1110101 0111101 0110101 1100101 1010101 11101001 1011111 0111101 1011101 1011101 1010111 1100101 0010111 1111101 1011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 88

Repeated words/phrases

and, of, his, thy

Anaphora

not, let, in