This is an analysis of A Sea Dialogue by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Cabin Passenger:
FRIEND, you seem thoughtful. I not wonder much…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdeeeeefgheXefeidhX JX AcXdkXfkeeXeXjb Jd AfijXjjXgb JffX
- Stanza lengths: 22,2,15,2,10,4,
- Metre: 10100 1111011101 1111010101 1111010111 01010010111 0101110101 11010101001 1101010101 11010101001 0101110101 0101111111 0111010111 1101010101 110100110001 1001011001 1111011101 01001010101 1100110101 110111001011 1001110101 10110010111 11010100 111 10 10100 1110011101 0101001101 1100111111 1100111101 1101000111 1111011111 1011011101 10010010001 1101010101 1100100100101 1101010101 110110100 1101010001 01010101 111 01 10100 1101011101 1111010101 1101100101 0101010001 11110011101 0010110001 0111010101 1101010101 0011010001 111 1011111101 0010 1111011011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 55
Repeated words/phrases
i, of, my, vast
Anaphora
what, of, the