This is an analysis of Hymn For The Dedication Of Memorial Hall At Cambridge, June 23, 1874 by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
WHERE, girt around by savage foes,
Our nurturing Mother's shelter rose,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc ddee ffgg hhaa iicc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 110010101 01010101 11010101 11010101 010010001 11010111 011101101 01110101 110010111 11010101 11010101 101101010 111101010 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01011101 11010101 110111101 11111101 11111101 11000101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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