This is an analysis of For The Centennial Dinner by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
OF THE PROPRIETORS OF BOSTON PIER, OR THE LONG WHARF,
APRIL 16, 1873…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XX aaaa bbcc ddee ffgg gghh ddii XaXX aahh jjgg kkll bXXiXeeee
- Stanza lengths: 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 00010001011011 1011 11111011001 101011011011 11011001001 11101111101 111111001001 111011001001 11011001011 11111001001 111111101101 11111101000 11101011001 111011101001 101001101001 01111001111 01001001001 01001001101 11011111101 01011001001 01101001001 10011011001 111011011001 101111001101 01001011001 101011101011 01111001100 10001001011 11111011001 1010110010110 111111101101 111011011001 111101011101 01001101001 11111011111 010001111011 11001101011 111111101001 111001011101 001111011001 011111011111 11101101001 011111001001 01110101101 011111011111 111011001101 11011111001 111010111001 101101011001 111011101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 51
Repeated words/phrases
we, of, and, its, my, with, '
Anaphora
the, with
Epiphora
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