This is an analysis of The Grand Canyon of the Colorado by Rossiter Worthington Raymond.

A thought of God on earth expressed!
The silence of his perfect rest;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ffgghhcc iigg
  • Stanza lengths: 10,8,4,
  • Metre: 01011101 01000011 010001010 0101010010 10100111 11110101 11110101 01001101 11010011 01111101 010101001 010100101 11111101 01000101 010000101 11010101 11111111 11111101 10111111 01010100 11011101 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

the