This is an analysis of God Save The Flag by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Washed in the blood of the brave and the blooming,
Snatched from the altars of insolent foes,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe Xbbb bfXf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10010011010 1001001001 100110110010 1011001011 1001001110 1001001101 10111010010 1001011001 10110010010 1011001101 10110010110 1001011001 11010011000 10111001001 10011010010 1001111001 11011010010 10111001011 10111010010 1001001001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
of, it, its
Anaphora
vainly