This is an analysis of All Here by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
IT is not what we say or sing,
That keeps our charm so long unbroken,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeefXfe geXebdbd hahafdfd hehefhfX hihicjcj idiXbjbj gdgdhdhd ihihbdXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 00111111 111111010 110010111 110111010 11111111 111100110 11010101 111101010 111001101 110011110 11010101 110101110 1101001111 010101010 10110111 0101001010 11010101 011101010 11010110 0101001010 11010101 110111010 01010101 110111010 11010111 010111010 11011101 0101010010 11111001 110001010 11111101 1101110010 11111101 010101010 01110101 101111010 11101101 011101010 110100101 0111111100 01110111 1100111010 110101001 010101010 11010101 110101010 011101001 111101110 11010111 111101110 01010101 01101010 01010101 111101110 10111110 010101010 01001101 111101010 01010111 110101010 11111101 110101010 010101001 111111010 11010101 010111010 11000101 110101010 111101001 111101010 110101 01111110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
we, and
Anaphora
thanks, the
