Analysis of Inscription-For the relief by Preston Powers
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 (Haverhill) – 1892 (Hampton Falls)
The Eagle, stooping from yon snow-blown peaks,
For the wild hunter and the Bison seeks,
In the changed world below; and finds alone
Their graven semblance in the eternal stone.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0101011111 1011000101 0011010101 11010000101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 181 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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