This is an analysis of To The Memory Of Thomas Shipley by John Greenleaf Whittier.
GONE to thy Heavenly Father's rest!
The flowers of Eden round thee blowing,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababccdedefgfghhhbhbijijddkgkgfbfbggkikidXdbllmbmblflfgggjgjfbfbggabab
- Stanza lengths: 70,
- Metre: 101100101 0100101110 11110101 010101010 01110111 01010101 00110101 1100111010 11010011 010011010 100010111 111111110 11011101 100001010 10111111 01010101 11001111 110101010 01100011 011101010 11111101 010111110 11111000 0111001010 11110101 01001101 11010101 110111010 11111111 110100010 100111001 010101010 10110101 110101010 11110111 11010101 11110111 1100010010 01010101 010101010 11110111 010111000 11010101 110001010 11110101 01110101 010000101 10101001010 010010100 0101001010 11010011 1000111011 01110101 1101011101 11011101 10010101 11101101 110111010 01011101 0101001110 11010101 111101010 11011101 01001001010 100101010 01000110010 1011111 0100101010 01000101 010001010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 70
Repeated words/phrases
our, of, and, in
Anaphora
and
