This is an analysis of A Voice Of The Loyal North by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1861
JANUARY THIRD…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X a bcbcdbdb bebefdfd ghgheiei iXibdede aeaedgdg jXjXbdbd
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1 10101 11110101 010111 01010101 010101 11010101 010111 111100111 110101 1010110101 010111 110101001 110101 110110101 110101 110001001 111101 11110101 010101 11010101 0100111 01010101 010101 11000101 010101 11001111 111110 010100101 111101 101010111 010101 01010111 111101 01010101 010101 01011101 010011 11011111 010111 111100101 010101 01110101 111101 11110111 1101010 01010101 010101 11110101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
her
Anaphora
our, the, and
