This is an analysis of the poem Whittier that begins with:
NOT o'er thy dust let there be spent
The gush of maudlin sentiment;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXccddXeeffgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111101 01010100 11110111 11111101 01010100 110100101 11011111 01010101 010101111 11111101 11010111 11110111 01000101 11111101 11110101 10011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Whittier;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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