Analysis of The
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
Weary of jangling noises never stilled,
The skeptic's sneer, the bigot's hate, the din
Of clashing texts, the webs of creed men spin
Round simple truth, the children grown who build
With gilded cards their new Jerusalem,
Busy, with sacerdotal tailorings
And tinsel gauds, bedizening holy things,
I turn, with glad and grateful heart, from them
To the sweet story of the Florentine
Immortal in her blameless maidenhood,
Beautiful as God's angels and as good;
Feeling that life, even now, may be divine
With love no wrong can ever change to hate,
No sin make less than all-compassionate!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101110101 01101101 1101011111 1101010111 1101110100 10111 01011101 1111010111 101101010 01000101 1001110011 10111011101 1111110111 1111110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 580 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 467 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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