This is an analysis of The Red River Voyageur by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Out and in the river is winding
The links of its long, red chain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XddX cefe ghah ijcj diaX bbgb fege Xhah Xifi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110010010 0100111 1101011 110101 1011011 0010111 01001010 0011000 1001011 0010111 0111110 1100111 10111010 110101 010011110 111011 0001011 0001001 110010011 0100111 010011110 0011101 11101010 00101100 01001010 1101101 00101010 0010101 101011010 010111 11011110 111101 11010011 1011111 11111010 1111101 1001110 0100001 001001010 0100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

and, is, the, to