This is an analysis of The Indian Burying Ground by Philip Freneau.
In spite of all the learn'd have said;
I still my old opinion keep,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded dfdf gdgd chch caca fifi cacaXgigi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01010111 11110101 01011101 11010101 11010011 010010101 01010001 1110101 010011101 11010101 01010001 01001111 01110101 11000101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01010111 11111111 1110101 110100111 11011101 01000101 11111010 01110101 11010101 01000101 110101001 11000101 1100100101 01011101 1111101001 01010101 01010101 01010101 111100101 01011101 11011101 01110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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