This is an analysis of On The Death Of Rev. Mr. George Whitefield by Phillis Wheatley.
HAIL, happy saint, on thine immortal throne,
Possest of glory, life, and bliss unknown;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddeeeffggeeXXaahhbbcciiccjjcXddaakkggeeXga
- Stanza lengths: 50,
- Metre: 1101110101 1001011101 1111010011 1101000101 11001000101 1101000101 1101010001 0101110101 0101010101 11001110111 0101000101 11011110001 1101011011 1111010101 1101011101 1111110101 1101001101 1111110101 1111000111 1111010111 1101010010 1101110101 1011001101 1101010101 0101110111 1101000101 1101010101 10111011100 10111010111 1101001101 1101111101 10111010011 1101101101 10111001111 10001000101 100001000101 101011111010 1101010001 1111001101 1101010101 1111001101 1101010101 1111010101 11111010101 1101001101 1011010101 1101110001 01001000110111 10
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 49
Repeated words/phrases
and, take, ye, him, more
Anaphora
thy, he, take, ye
