This is an analysis of The Knight Of St. John by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Ere down yon blue Carpathian hills
The sun shall sink again,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX cdcd efef gXXd eeee gbgb XcXc hfhf igig jkjk caca ebeb Xded XeaX lele ececXkbkb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11111001 011101 11011101 110111 11011111 110111 01100101 011110 11011101 1101111 110001111 011101 11010111 110101 100100111 010111 11101101 111110 110101010 010111 10010011 110101 01011101 010101 11010101 1111001 11100101 1101101 1101010 111101 0101110 010011 11011101 111111 11000111 010101 01010111 111101 01010101 110101 010100011 011101 11000111 011100 11011101 110110 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 011111 11011101 110101 11010011 111101 11010111 110111 11010011 111101 01010111 110111 11010111 010101 110010101 111101 11011101 0100101 11010100 111011 11111001 011101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 18
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
vain, and, of, thy
Anaphora
farewell, i've
