This is an analysis of Hymn Written For The Great Central Fair In Philadelphia, 1864 by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
FATHER, send on Earth again
Peace and good-will to men;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabba ccdda eeffX
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 1011101 110001 11010101 11101111 110101 11101001 1111101 10100101 01110111 10101 101111 1111001 010101001 111010101 1001011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
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