This is an analysis of Questions And Answers by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

WHERE, oh where are the visions of morning,
Fresh as the dews of our prime?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd Xece cfcf gfgf hfhf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111010010 1101011 1110110110 1011001 1111110110 1001011 11010011010 1011001 11010111100 1011001 10010011010 1011101 10111011110 1001011 11111010 1001011 10110010010 1111011 10010110010 1111001 11010011010 1111001 11110010010 1011001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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