This is an analysis of Dorothy Q. by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
GRANDMOTHER's mother: her age, I guess,
Thirteen summers, or something less;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffccdd ggccccee eehheeee ffiiddjjffhhggkk aacciiee bbeeffll ddhhccmm
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,16,8,8,8,
- Metre: 110100111 11101101 10111001 111001001 11101101 10101101 1010101 11100101 1010101 11001101 11010101 11010111 100100101 110111001 10010101 10010101 10101111 11111101 11101001 110111101 10010111 10100111 10010111 11100101 11100101 100110101 110100101 10101101 1100110101 10110101 110010111 0101010111 1101001001 100111101 10111001 10101111 11100111 11100111 101101111 111101111 10010001 11111101 110100101 110100101 110011111 010100101 11011100 110100111 100100101 101100101 1100101111 110100111 1101100111 1100100111 1010011101 1110100101 1101101111 1100101111 101100111 101100111 010011101 00100101101 1111100101 1010101111 0100101101 1010100111 1100100101 110011111 111111111 111100101 110101111 1010100100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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