This is an analysis of At The Papyrus Club by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
A LOVELY show for eyes to see
I looked upon this morning,--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbbdbddcdc eXefghghdidi jfjfafaXfi fikfkf
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,10,6,
- Metre: 01011101 1101010 01110100 0101010 11110111 01001111 01111101 0100110 11111111 1101110 11011111 1101110 01010111 01010010 01010101 1111010 01010101 0111010 01110111 1111110 01011101 1101010 01000101 0101110 10111001 1101010 1100111001 1101110 11011101 11001010 11010000 1011010 01010101 1101010 111010111 1111110 011010101 1111010 100010101 1101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
i, for, to, he
Anaphora
the, to