This is an analysis of The Wishing Bridge by John Greenleaf Whittier.
AMONG the legends sung or said
Along our rocky shore,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aaaa dede fgfg XcXc fcfX fefe hbhb iaia jeje didX XeXX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010111 011101 01010101 110111 11000111 011101 01010101 111101 01110101 010111 11110111 101111 11011101 110101 11100111 110111 11010111 100111 11010100 1100101 0100100111 110110 11111111 111101 11010110 110111 11110100 1101100 01011111 011101 101110100 111101 11110101 010111 11010111 100111 11001101 010111 10010100 110111 11111101 110101 01011111 110111 11111111 110100 01010110 1001010 11010101 010111 11010011 100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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Epiphora
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