This is an analysis of Our Banker by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
OLD TIME, in whose bank we deposit our notes,
Is a miser who always wants guineas for groats;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbb ccdd eeff bbgg eebb ffhh ggii aabb Xdaa iijj aacc bbaaXhhbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11011101011 001011111011 11101001001 11001011000 010011111001 101001101111 11001111101 11111101011 11101111111 11001111011 110011011011 111001001001 01011011011 11101011011 111110111101 111101001001 11001111001 111111111111 111111101111 101101001001 001001101101 01111011001 111011001001 11001011001 1101111111010 11111011011 111011101011 111001111111 11011001001 111001111001 111101101011 101011101001 1010110110110 111011011011 101101011101 111011011011 01001011011 11011101011 001111111011 01111011101 11111111111 111101001001 111001001111 11011101001 11101111101 101011001001 110010010001 101001001001 11001011011 111101001001 11101011011 111001001011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
and, at, may, have, he, i, his, as, they, we, that, of
Anaphora
the
Anadiplosis
he