This is an analysis of Hymn Read At The Dedication Of The Oliver Wendell Holmes Hospital At Hudson, Wisconsin by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
JUNE 7, 1877
ANGEL of love, for every grief…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd bebe bfbf fgfg ghgh XbXb
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111 100111001 01011101 110010101 11011101 01110101 01010101 01010001 01010111 10110111 11011111 01110101 01011111 11010101 01010101 11010111 11110111 110100001 010011111 11010111 01010101 10010111 11011101 11010101 01101101 10111111 11111101 01011010 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
his, to, and
Anaphora
for, the, his, be
