This is an analysis of Our Sweet Singer by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abab cdcd eXef cgcg hihi jhjh fgfX ibiX ikik lele gggg lglgXdcdc
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10 110010111 0101001 01110101 011101 11011111 110101 011101001 110101 110010101 11001010 01010101 010101 11111111 0101001 01010101 110111 110111001 111111 11110101 110101 01010101 110101 11010101 1111001 10011001 111111 11111101 110101 11010101 0101001 01010101 111101 11111111 110101 01010001 010101 11111101 011101 11010101 010101 01010101 010111 11111101 110101 11110101 1101001 11011101 110101 110010101 010111 11110101 111011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 54
Repeated words/phrases
that
Anaphora
the, and, how
