This is an analysis of For The Services In Memory Of Abraham Lincoln by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
CITY OF BOSTON, JUNE 1, 1865
CHORAL: 'LUTHER'S JUDGMENT HYMN.'…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X X ababccb dbdbeeb fcfcddc fbfbggb
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 10010111 1010101 11011111 0100110 10110101 1111010 11110101 11110111 1101010 11110001 0111110 010010101 0100010 1100100101 11001100 1111010 110100101 0101010 11110101 1101010 11011101 11110101 1100110 01110101 0111010 01110101 1101110 11110111 010011101 1111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 30
Anaphora
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