This is an analysis of The Rendition by John Greenleaf Whittier.
I HEARD the train's shrill whistle call,
I saw an earnest look beseech,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaXccXdeeddccdfaafghhgheehihhi
- Stanza lengths: 32,
- Metre: 11011101 11110101 11011111 110111 11110100 11111101 01010111 110101 11010101 110111001 11011011 010101 11011101 110010011 110001101 110001 11110101 11110101 11010101 011011 1111001011 11010101 11000101 010001 110011001 11011101 10110101 110101 10010111 11001111 11111001 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
all, of, i
Anaphora
i, all
