This is an analysis of Seventy-Six by William Cullen Bryant.

What heroes from the woodland sprung,
When, through the fresh awakened land,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaab bcXbc dbddb efeef gXggX eeeee bhbbh
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 11000111 11010101 01010101 10010111 010101 11010101 11010101 111010110 101010101 000101 11010101 01010111 01000101 01110101 110111 10010101 11010101 10010111 11010101 010001 01111111 01110100 11101101 101100101 110101 01010110 01011111 01010111 11111100 110101 11110101 10010101 01010101 01100101 1000111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 35

Anaphora

and, the, already