This is an analysis of No Man Knoweth His Sepulchre by William Cullen Bryant.

When he, who, from the scourge of wrong,
Aroused the Hebrew tribes to fly,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dcdcXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11100101 01010101 10110101 11110101 11010101 1110110 1101101 01010111 111000011 10111111 1010101101 10110101 11010101 01010101 11111101 01011001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16