This is an analysis of Lucy by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
FOR HER GOLDEN WEDDING, OCTOBER 18, 1875
'Lucy.'--The old familiar name…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X ababcbcb dededfdX egeghfhf bibieXeX fjfjfkfk
- Stanza lengths: 1,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 10101001011 10010101 0111110 01010001 0101101 11011110 1111110 01110101 1101010 11000101 0101010 110000101 0101110 11010101 1101010 11010111 0101000 11011101 0100010 01010111 1111010 11010011 01001010 111100101 0101010 11111111 0111011 11110101 0101111 01010111 11010010 11110101 11010010 11010101 1101010 111111010 110011010 111101100 1101111 01010101 11001011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 41
Anaphora
what, the, less, that
