This is an analysis of On The Death Of President Garfield by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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FALLEN with autumn's falling leaf…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dcdc efef gXgh gigi jaja X kjkj cccc gjgj lglg mjmj X ejej nfnf keke chch ajaj oioi chch XeXe
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1 10010101 11010111 11111101 11110111 11010101 01011111 110101001 110100101 11010101 11011101 010101001 01011111 01010101 1110001010 01000111 110010101 11111111 11110101 11010111 01011111 11010111 10110101 010101101 110101001 1 110011101 10010101 11011101 11111101 11010101 11010111 11111101 11110101 11110001 01010101 01110101 11110101 11010101 11111101 1001001001 110101001 101101001 11010101 11011111 11010111 1 110101001 01010101 11010101 010010101 01011111 11110001 11010101 01110101 01010101 11010111 011100011 01010011 10010111 11110001 010111111 10111101 11000101 110101001 01010101 10010001 11010001 11111111 010111001 01110101 11010101 11011111 01010111 11111111 11011110 11111111 11010110 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 22
- Lines: 81
Repeated words/phrases
our
Anaphora
the, his
