This is an analysis of Midsummer by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
HERE! sweep these foolish leaves away,
I will not crush my brains to-day!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccdd eeff ggXX hhii jjbbXbbaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 10111101 11010101 11011110 11011101 10010101 01010111 01110101 111101001 11011101 01110001 11010101 11110101 111111001 11111100 11011101 11010101 01010101 01110111 11010101 11011101 111111001 110100101 01110101 110010101 010011101 110111001 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
thy
Anaphora
and