This is an analysis of The Hunters Of Men by John Greenleaf Whittier.
HAVE ye heard of our hunting, o'er mountain and glen,
Through cane-brake and forest, — the hunting of men?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAaabbccaAddddeeddaafXaaaaffaagghheeggaaffaaffhhaa
- Stanza lengths: 50,
- Metre: 1110110101011 11111001001 01011001011 101101001001 101101001001 101001111001 11111011011 11011111001 110110101011 11111001001 11011011011 001011101011 01001011101 11001011001 01101001011 01101011001 11011011011 100001001001 01001001101 11011001001 11011011001 001001101001 110011001001 11001011001 11001001111 001001101001 11001011111 011001011011 011101011101 11011001001 11111011011 101001011001 01011001011 101111011011 11111001011 11011011001 11111001001 1010111001011 11101011001 011011001001 11111010101 111111011001 01011111001 1101111001 01011011001 101001101001 11111011101 101001101001 11111111011 11011001001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
of, hunting, and, their, her, his
Anaphora
the, will
