Valuation by John Greenleaf Whittier: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Valuation that begins with:

THE old Squire said, as he stood by his gate,
And his neighbor, the Deacon, went by,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cdcX XedXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111101 101001011 1101111101 111011011 11101101101 111001001 101001011111 01011011 11111101011 111110110 01111111101 1010111110 110101001 101 101101001 1111010110 11 1011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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