This is an analysis of Farewell To J. R. Lowell by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
FAREWELL, for the bark has her breast to the tide,
And the rough arms of Ocean are stretched for his bride;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee ffgg hhccXhhaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11101101001 101101011101 01001011001 11001101101 11011101101 01001011011 01101001101 01001101001 01101101001 001111011011 11101101001 11001001001 1111110110101 1010110101011 111101001101 11011001001 11111011101 01011111001 101001011011 101011011001 11111001001 01001011001 11111011101 111011001011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
her, that, of
Anaphora
to
