This is an analysis of A Hymn Of Peace by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
SUNG AT THE 'JUBILEE,' JUNE 15, 1869,
TO THE MUSIC OF SELLER'S 'AMERICAN HYMN'…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XX ababbaba cdcddcdcXcdcddcdc
- Stanza lengths: 2,8,17,
- Metre: 110100111 001001010001 1001111011 1111001101 1111011001 1011101101 1011101001 11001101001 1011011001 1001111011 1011101001 10001111011 1001001011 1001011001 1111011011 1001001011 1000111001 1011101001 1001011001 1011101001 1101111001 1011001001 1011001001 1011101101 1011101001 1001011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
of, our, and
Anaphora
fly
Epiphora
dove, sea, reply
