This is an analysis of Benjamin Peirce by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN. 1809-1890
FOR him the Architect of all…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd eefX ffgg hhgg ggii jjii ddkk iill iimm
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01001001011 11010101 100110101 11010101 01010101 01111111 01111101 11111111 01010111 11010111 01110101 11010101 11011100 11011111 01010001 01110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010111 01010101 010100101 01001101 01110111 11010101 01110101 11010101 01100101 11010101 11111111 01011111 01011101 01110101 110100101 01010101 110110111 01011111 11010111 11010001 10111101 11011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 41
Repeated words/phrases
how, that
Anaphora
the, that