This is an analysis of The Centennial Cantata. by Sidney Lanier.
The Centennial Meditation of Columbia. 1776-1876. A Cantata.
[Musical Annotations, in angled brackets, precede each section.]…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X a b ccbbddeeff b ghgggX X hXhhhX cca bbiibbjjhX f kkkkddggccX bX ffhhgg b lelelelX j mmmm
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,1,10,1,6,1,6,3,10,1,11,2,6,1,8,1,4,
- Metre: 00100101000100110110 10010100101001110 11010101101010001 0010101 1110101 10111000 10011101 111111 1110111 1010011 10001101 10101001 1011101 10011011001100101 110110101010 10010101101 1011111010 1011101010 1110111010 10111 1001101010 11101 1011100 10111001 1011101 10111001 1011111 1100100100001010 111010100011001 1011 1111101 1111111 1011111 11101001 1101101 1011101 1010111 10010101 1010111 11111 0101011010 1 1011001001 1001001001 1111011001 11010010010 101101101010 11010 11110 1101001001 1111011101 11011110110 10010100100100111 1010010101101000 11011101 11010101 01010101 11111110 11010111 110100111 1011001001 11111111 11110111 11110111 11111111 11110101 110100101 11110111 11111111 1101010110 110001011101 011101111101 1101011110101 110111010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 18
- Lines: 74
Repeated words/phrases
and, thee, cries, ', toil, to, of, i, as, long, thy
Anaphora
toil, now, long
Epiphora
away, dark