This is an analysis of For The Meeting Of The National Sanitary Association by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
1860
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cccc dddd eaea fdfd ghgh adad acac idid gdgd ebeb cacaXbgbg
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1 11010101 01011111 01110111 011101011 111101001 01010111 1111101 11010101 110111001 11110001 111100101 11010101 11110101 01010101 11011101 01110001 1100100101 110100101 010101001 110101001 11000101 11010101 1100111001 11011111 10010111 01110111 01010111 110101001 11011111 11110001 11010101 11010001 11110101 11010111 11010101 01011111 11010111 11010001 111001001 11010101 011100111 011101001 11110101 01110101 01010001 01110101 11010001 01010111 11010101 010011111 01010101 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 53
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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