This is an analysis of The Prisoner For Debt by John Greenleaf Whittier.
LOOK on him! through his dungeon grate,
Feebly and cold, the morning light…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbbbccdedeXfggaahbhbhhggiifhfheebbaaafafddjjeedadaiibbjXdedehhjXXikbkbiibbbb
- Stanza lengths: 80,
- Metre: 11110101 10110101 11011111 100101 01010101 01010101 010101011 10010101 110010101 011000101 110100111 11010101 110011101 01011 10110110 01110111 10010101 001100101 11110001 01111100 11111111 010010101 11110101 111111 10111101 11010101 110100011 11110111 100110101 10010101 110111001 11010101 11010101 110111 10110101 01010101 10011111 011101001 11010101 01110001 11110101 110011111 11111101 110001 11110101 11110101 01010101 110010001 11010101 01111101 110111001 11010101 11011101 111101 11010001 01010011 11010101 01011101 11010101 011100100 11010101 11011101 11010111 110111 11110011 100001001 11011101 01011100 100011101 10110001 10011111 01010101 110001001 011101 10010101 11000101 01001101 00111101 11011101 0100001001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 80
Repeated words/phrases
his, and, half, of
Anaphora
his, and
