This is an analysis of The Journey Of Life by William Cullen Bryant.

Beneath the waning moon I walk at night,
And muse on human life--for all around…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdcXdd efefaa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 0101011111 1111011101 1101011101 1111010101 1101010111 11111000111 0101010101 0101101111 1111010101 1111110101 0101010111 1011010101 11010011101 10011101001 1011111101 11010101001 110101001001 0111001101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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