This is an analysis of A Birthday Tribute by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
TO J. F. CLARKE
WHO is the shepherd sent to lead,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abXb caXa cdcd efeX dgdg dhXh icic ffff X
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Metre: 0111 10010101 11010101 11010010 01011111 11010101 010100101 01011101 01011101 10110101 11110101 11110111 11000101 11110101 11110101 11111111 110010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11010111 01110001 110110110 01111101 01110111 01110101 111100001 101100101 111100101 11011101 111001101 11111111 1011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
who, their, our
Anaphora
not, who, our
