This is an analysis of Chanson Without Music by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
BY THE PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF DEAD AND LIVE LANGUAGES
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a X bcbXdedX cXcacfbX XfffbebX gagabheh dcdcaXab eieiXacX hahabeXX
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1001001000111100 11010101 11111101 01010111 11101101 01100101 100101101 11011101 11010111 11101101 01111001 11011111 10010101 11010101 11011101 11111101 1110111 111011100 11011110 10010111 110100101 1101101 111100001 1111101 01011101 01011101 11110111 01010101 111110101 10011101 11010101 11011101 11010011 110011101 10011101 11011101 11110101 11110101 11010101 111111100 1110111 11011111 10111 11011111 11010101 110101001 11010110 11110101 11010110 101001100 0111111001 111101010 11011101 01111101 11111101 11111101 11110111 1110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 59
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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Epiphora
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