Analysis of Incription to Milton
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
The new world honors him whose lofty plea
For England's freedom made her own more sure,
Whose song, immortal as its theme, shall be
Their common freehold while both worlds endure.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111011101 1101010111 1101011111 110111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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