This is an analysis of Brother Jonathan's Lament by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
SHE has gone,-- she has left us in passion and pride,--
Our stormy-browed sister, so long at our side!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb Ccdd XXeX aacc ffgg eebb hhff CcXa iijj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111111101011 11011011111 111011011001 11101001001 11011011001 111001111101 11111001001 001001001001 1011110010101 1111010111110 111111011001 1101101001100 111111101011 101111101001 11011101001 101001011001 1111010110011 101011101001 101101001011 101101001001 01001101001 11011011011 101011001001 11001101001 11001011011 11101011101 11001011001 01101001001 11011011001 111001111001 0110010110010 101001101001 11111001101 11001101011 11111111111 01001111011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
she, our, has, of, till, in
Anaphora
has, till
