This is an analysis of The Tent On The Beach by John Greenleaf Whittier.
I would not sin, in this half-playful strain,--
Too light perhaps for serious years, though born…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcaacabdeXfef Xgbghhcc fhfhaaaa hihijjkk jdjdaall fmXmffhh jkjknnhh ahahbbnn hahaffXf aXajeegg nbnbaaaa jgjgaahh cncnmmbb chchXadX nhnhnnbb nfnfccaa ococmmXh niniccff nnnnaapp hXhchhee hehennaa nfnfbbaa qaqadddd lalabbcc fpfpgghX nnnnnnaaXkhfhnnnn
- Stanza lengths: 17,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 1111001101 11011100011 000110011 010101111 1101001101 0101011011 01001110111 1001110101 10011110101 1100010101 10010101011 0111110101 1111010101 01000110100 0100110101 10001111111 01010101001 11100101 11111101 11010101 11111111 010101011 010111001 1001111101 100101010111 11011101 01110101 110111001 11010101 10011101 01110101 0110010101 1100101010001 10110111 11010001 11010111 110011101 01111111 11011111 10110101010 01101010011110 11010101 01110101 01010001 11010001 01110101 11110111 1001110101 010111110111 100111001 01010001 010101010 110100101 01110111 01100101 0111011101 110011010111 11110101 11010110 11010101 01010100 10110101 110100111 1001010101 1100110001101 01110111 11010101 10010101 11111101 11000101 10110001 1111010001 110101110111 10010101 01011111 11010101 11011101 01010101 110100111 1001010110 11010011100111 11110101 10010010 11010101 01010101 10010101 01000101 1001000101 1111011100111 11010101 0110001 10010101 01010001 01011101 111100100 0101010101 010111011101 111101000 01011101 11010101 01110111 01011111 10110101 0101110101 010101010101 01011101 11000101 11010111 10011101 01111101 110101001 1101111101 010101111101 11010101 110100011 11010101 00100101 110101100 01110111 1111010101 110001010101 11110111 11011101 11011101 11011001 010011011 01110001 1001110101 1110101010101 01011101 01111101 1000101001 11010001 01110101 110111100 11010100101 1111001010101 010010111 11110111 11000101 01011001 110010111 11110111 1101111000 111111010101 01111111 11010001 11010101 10111101 100111100 01111101 1110000111 011111111111 01010111 01110101 11000101 11111101 10011101 11111111 1011000101 001101010101 01010101 01101101 00101101 01010001 11010101 01000101 10100100101 111100110101 01011111 010100101 111001001 01110101 111000101 11110101 1111010001 1100111011111 11110111 01110101 11011111 10110101 11110111 11011101 1101110101 111111010011 11110111 01010101 11110111 11110111 01010101 11010011 1111010111 1101001110101 01010101 110101001 10010101 00110001 11111111 11010101 11010101110 1011011001110 11010101 01110111 11011101 01010101 11011111 11111101 10001010001 1011011010110 11011101 11010101 01100111 01110101 110101001 01110101 1101110101 1001111100101 111000100 010101011 10011101 01010101 01110101 01010111 10011100001 010100110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 27
- Lines: 226
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, to, his
Anaphora
of, a, the
