This is an analysis of The Problem by John Greenleaf Whittier.
I.
NOT without envy Wealth at times must look…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXabbccdccdXeeeeeffggaabbbcc
- Stanza lengths: 32,
- Metre: 1 1011011111 1111110101 11110110101 1011000101 1111110101 1101010101 01000110101 11110100111 1100110111 1101010101 11011100011 1101010101 0111010111 1101010101 1 1111001001 1001011111 0001000101 1101110101 1101000100 01000011101 111101000101 1111110101 1101010101 1101010001 1101110011 110100100111 0111000111 1100011001 1001010101 1001010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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