This is an analysis of The Holy Land. From Lamartine by John Greenleaf Whittier.
I have not felt, o'er seas of sand,
The rocking of the desert bark;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaedXdX dfdfaeae agagdfdf Xegehdhd Xegeaaaa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 111110101 01000101 110110111 11011111 11111101 11110111 11010101 010101001 11110101 11010101 110100101 11010111 11111101 01000111 11010111 010101000 01110100 11110101 11110101 11010101 01011111 01010001 11001101 011101001 11101101 11010101 11110111 11010101 11011111 11010101 110100101 11110101 11110100 11111101 11010111 11011001 11110101 01010111 11010111 101100101 11110111 10010111 11010101 11011101 11111101 11110111 01010111 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
how
Anaphora
how, nor
