This is an analysis of The Wood Giant by John Greenleaf Whittier.
From Alton Bay to Sandwich Dome,
From Mad to Saco river,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb cdcd defX XXee cbXX Xgeg heae dici ecec gece Xgeg jgcX jXbf abgb egeg kekeXhfff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01010101 0101010 110100101 1101010 11111101 1101010 01010111 0101010 111010111 1101110 111010111 01001110 11010111 1101110 11011111 1101010 11110101 0101110 11010111 11010010 11010111 0101110 01010001 1101010 01010101 0101110 01010101 0101010 11010111 0111010 11010111 0101110 110101001 0011011 11010111 1110011 110101011 1101110 11010101 0111010 01101101 01010010 11111101 0111010 11010101 1101110 11100101 011100 10011101 01011100 0100010010 0100010 11111101 1101110 11011101 0101110 11010101 1101010 11110101 1111010 11010101 1100010 11110101 0101010 01110111 0101010 01010111 0100100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
they, of
Anaphora
from, they, with, the
