Analysis of James Russell Lowell
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
From purest wells of English undefiled
None deeper drank than he, the New World's child,
Who in the language of their farm-fields spoke
The wit and wisdom of New England folk,
Shaming a monstrous wrong. The world-wide laugh
Provoked thereby might well have shaken half
The walls of Slavery down, ere yet the ball
And mine of battle overthrew them all.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101 1101110111 1001011111 0101011101 1001010111 0111111101 01110011101 011100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 352 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 282 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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