This is an analysis of The Mississippi River by Kate Harrington.
There is not in the wide world a river as grand
As the one whose bright waves lave my own native land ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaa aaddbbccee ffffggddccaabbbX
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,16,
- Metre: 101001101011 101111111101 001101101001 11011001001 11001101101 01001001101 01001101010 11101011101 111011011001 101101001001 11111111011 11001001111 01001001101 11001001111 110010101111 11001001001 11011111011 111011001001 01101101011 11101101001 11001011101 111011001111 11011101001 11011011101 11101111011 010001011001 11011111011 01011011011 11111001011 01011011001 11111111101 01001001001 01011011101 01111110001 1101111001011 11101011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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