This is an analysis of The Gift Of Tritemius by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Tritemius of Herbipolis, one day,
While kneeling at the altar's foot to pray,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaddee ffgghheebX iiiaX bbeX eebgeX ggeejjee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,10,5,4,6,8,
- Metre: 1000100011 1101010101 0101110101 1001010001 0111011101 1001110101 1001010101 0111010111 11000100101 0101001101 1101110111 1111111001 1110110111 0111110101 1100111101 0011010111 1011010111 110100111011 0111111101 1111111111 1011110101 10111011111 1010010111 1110111111 0101001101 111111111 10 1111110101 1101001101 1111010101 1111110110 1110010111 1010011101 1101011101 1010010111 0101010101 1111010111 1011010101 1101010101 1111010101 1101110101 1011110111 1101010101 1101010001 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
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