This is an analysis of In Memory Of John And Robert Ware by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
No mystic charm, no mortal art,
Can bid our loved companions stay;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaabb cdccdd ebeebb cfccff agaagg hdhhdd dcddcc eheehhXceccee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 11011101 11110101 01110011 10111101 11110001 1101 01110011 011100111 10110111 10110101 110011001 1111 11110111 11011011 01011101 0100101110 11010101 11101 01010101 01010111 01010111 11111101 011101001 0111 11110101 01110101 11010101 01010101 110111010 01010 110100101 110011111 11011101 01110101 111011111 0101 11110101 11000101 11110001 11010101 11111101 1101 111111011 010010101 01111110 01011111 00110101 1101 10010001 11011101 01110101 110101001 11110101 0101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 54
Anaphora
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