Analysis of The Panorama

John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)



' A! fredome is a nobill thing!
Fredome mayse man to haif liking.
Fredome all solace to man giffis;
He levys at ese that frely levys!
A nobil hart may haif nane ese
Na ellys nocht that may him plese
Gyff Fredome failythe.'


Scheme AABBBBC
Poetic Form
Metre 011011 1111110 1110111 1111111 0111111 1111111 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 224
Words 46
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 172
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. more…

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