This is an analysis of The Painted Cup by William Cullen Bryant.
The fresh savannas of the Sangamon
Here rise in gentle swells, and the long grass…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaXbc dadecffaeefXdgc beehhXXaXg
- Stanza lengths: 6,15,10,
- Metre: 0101000100 1101011011 0101010101 11000111010 01000010101 11110100101 1011010111 1111000101 0101110111 11110001010 1111110111 0101110101 0101001101 1111010101 01110011101 0101111101 0101111101 10001110111 010100101101 01010011101 1011000101 1110010101 11010100010 10001010111 1101010011 1011010111 1100011111 1101010101 1101010101 1100010101 0111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 31
Anaphora
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