This is an analysis of To George B. Cheever by John Greenleaf Whittier.

So spake Esaias: so, in words of flame,
Tekoa's prophet-herdsman smote with blame…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaabb cccdd bbbee fffee
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 111010101 101010101 0100011101 1111001 0100010001 1011011101 0111010101 1001011101 1101101 1001010111 1101010101 1011010111 11110100101 110111 010011100101 1101110110 01010001011 1101010101 1001101 1100111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20