Analysis of By Their Works
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
Call him not heretic whose works attest
His faith in goodness by no creed confessed.
Whatever in love's name is truly done
To free the bound and lift the fallen one
Is done to Christ. Whoso in deed and word
Is not against Him labours for our Lord.
When he, who, sad and weary, longing sore
For love's sweet service sought the sisters' door
One saw the heavenly, one the human guest
But who shall say which loved the master best?
| Scheme | AABBCDEEAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1111001101 1101011101 100111101 1101010101 111110101 1101111101 1111010101 1111010101 11010010101 1111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 427 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 337 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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