This is an analysis of At The Banquet To The Chinese Embassy by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
AUGUST 21, 1868
BROTHERS, whom we may not reach…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aabbcc ddeeff ggffcc ffccff Ggffgg Gghhgg ccbbdd ddiiii
- Stanza lengths: 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 1011 1011111 10101001 1010111 1010111 1111101 10001001 1010101 1010001 101101 1010101 01101110 10001101 1010101 11110101 1010101 1111101 11110101 1111101 1010101 1010101 1010111 010100101 1110111 1110100 1001101 1110101 1010001 1011101 1011001 1011101 1001101 1111111 101011101 1010101 11010111 1010111 1011101 0010101 1000101 11101001 11010001 1011101 1110101 01010111 11010101 0010111 11010101 0101011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 49
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