This is an analysis of Hail, Columbia! by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
THE FIRST VERSE OF THE SONG
BY JOSEPH HOPKINSON…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xa bbCCaaddcc efbX c gg X bbCCbX aabb AAAA hhBBbbddef AAAA eeIIaa ccbbXaAaA
- Stanza lengths: 2,10,4,1,2,1,6,4,4,10,4,6,9,
- Metre: 011001 110100 10100101 11101011 11110101 11110101 11010111 01011101 11010011 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010110 10011100 1010101 1110111 010010 1010010001010 1010001001010110100 1 11100101 1110111 1011101 1011101 010100011 010101100 1000111 10001001 1011101 1010101 10101011 1010101 10101001 1010111 1010101 10100101 1011111 1011111 01000111 01111111 1111101 1110101 1010101 1010100 10101011 1010101 10101001 1010111 10100111 10010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 1010101 1110101 10010101 1010101 10101011 1010101 10101001 1010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 63
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
who, ever, welcome, while, all, thy
Epiphora
cause, foes, read, pursue
