This is an analysis of H. C. M. H. S. J. K. W. by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
THE dirge is played, the throbbing death-peal rung,
The sad-voiced requiem sung;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXaa ccaacc cXddcc eeffee ddggdd gghhgg eebbeX cciiXc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 0101010111 0111001 111111001 010101000 110111 1101111100101 0111010111 010111 111101001 10111101 101101 111001010111 11010100101 110110 01011101 01010101 0100101 110111111101 1101011111 011111 11010111 11110101 111101 0100101010111 1101010101 010111 01110101 11111111 110101 0101011100101 1101001111 1011011 11111111 110000101 110111 010111011111 1111110101 000101 1101011 11110101 110111 1111001111101 1101110101 1101111 11111101 01110011 1111001 1011001111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
have, our, and
Anaphora
the
