This is an analysis of The Rock-Tomb Of Bradore by John Greenleaf Whittier.

A DREAR and desolate shore!
Where no tree unfolds its leaves,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddX cccceedccfXdadX ccgggaaccadXXfhhiXiifX cchhddjjaffabajjX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,15,22,17,
  • Metre: 0111001 1110101 11000111 1110101 0101011 1010101 1100111 0010010 0100001 110101 111101 1010101 100101 011101 0111001 1011101 110111 101101 101011 110111 010101 100101 1100110 110111 010111 1011001 010111 11010101 1001001 111001 010111 010101 111101 0010111 111101 0101000 010101 011101 110101 110 110111 110 110 11010111 111 010111 110111 110011 111101 101111 10110111 111101 010101 111111 110101101 01001111 111111 1110001 101101 0100101 11000101 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 62

Repeated words/phrases

and, of, her, thy

Anaphora

thy

Epiphora

her