This is an analysis of The Memory Of Burns by John Greenleaf Whittier.
How sweetly come the holy psalms
From saints and martyrs down,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefgfg eaeabcbc bfbXcaca hahabbbb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11010101 011101 01000101 010101 01010101 011101 010100101 011101 110101001 010111 11010101 010111 11010001 110101 01111111 010101 10010101 110111 01010101 0100101 11010011 110101 11110101 010111 0101001010 010111 110101010 110111 010101001 0101010 01010111 0100111 11011101 011100 11010101 010111 11011101 110101 11000101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
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