This is an analysis of For The Burns Centennial Celebration by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
JANUARY 25, 1859
His birthday.--Nay, we need not speak…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd deXe fgfg hhhi jXjb ihih bebe dddd hehe kckc dede dbXb lmlm
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 101011 01111111 0111010 110011101 0111010 110111001 1101010 11010101 1001010 111101001 11011010 01010111 01110010 010010101 0101001 11011101 1101110 11010101 0100110 111101001 0101010 11010101 0101010 110101001 0111010 11010101 11101101 11010101 0101010 11111101 1101110 11110001 0101010 11111101 0111010 011101001 1101110 11111110 01001110 11111111 1101010 11110101 1101010 110101101 0111010 110111101 0101010 01010111 1101010 11110101 0111010 11010101 0101010 01010101 1101010 010010101 0101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 57
Repeated words/phrases
his, and
Anaphora
the, his
