This is an analysis of The White-Footed Deer by William Cullen Bryant.
It was a hundred years ago,
When, by the woodland ways,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb cccc dede cfgf Xbcb hhgh hgig igbg faga bXdX iede ihgh XfCf ecXc caea hgCg ciciXcfhf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01010001 110111 010010111 110101 01011101 10000101 11010001 011101 11011101 010111 11110101 011111 10010101 0101001 11010101 010101 11110100 110101 11010101 110101 11011101 1101101 01010101 110101 01010101 010101 10011111 111101 11101101 110011 11010111 110111 11111111 010101 11010111 110101 11010111 111101 11010101 010111 01011111 010101 11010101 010111 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 01011101 1001001 01010101 110101 11010001 100101 01010111 110101 010001001 010101 11011101 0101001 11010101 110101 01010101 110111 11110111 110111 11010001 110111 11110101 110101 110100111 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 18
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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