This is an analysis of The Gallows by John Greenleaf Whittier.
I.
THE suns of eighteen centuries have shone…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdeedfeeffXXcggcgdgdbbggbbhhijjieeieXcdcdXfikkilelffebbXecceicicgggffggallbbaaeccXddbbaXfflleeececggcccc
- Stanza lengths: 108,
- Metre: 1 0100110011 1010010111 0101010101 1101010101 1111000101 1101000101 1101000101 0101100111 11010011001 1011111011 1011001111 0111010101 110101001111 1 110111011 1101110101 11001010001 0111010111 1110110101 1111010001 1011010101 1111001101 0101010101 1111010110 0101100101 1101000111 01001110101 1011001101 1101000101 1001110101 1101010001 10011101001 1001010111 11010010101 1011000101 1011110101 1101010111 0100110101 101011110001 1 0111000101 1100011101 0111000101 0101000101 01110100100 11010100101 111010111 1001010101 1001110101 10101000101 0110010101 0101111001 1101011001 1101010101 11010011001 1101010111 11011111001 111101101101 1 1111110101 1011011101 11000011011 1011110101 11010010111 0101110100 1111010101 1110010101 01001011101 1111000111 00010111001 1101110011 0101010011 11110001001 100101010101 1 1101010011 0101010101 10010010101 01010000101 1101011101 0011100101 1001101111 1111011111 10111010011 0100010111 1111010101 0101010111 11000111001 0011011111 0011011101 0011000100 0101010111 1001010101 1101010101 101100011 1101010111 010100001001 0101010011 1111010011 1100001101 1001010101 0111010111 0011011001 1101001111 1101111101 01110101001 0101110010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 108
Repeated words/phrases
and, with, his, ye, of
Anaphora
and, the