This is an analysis of Reflections Of A Proud Pedestrian by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
I saw the curl of his waving lash,
And the glance of his knowing eye,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dXdX efef ghgh ibib
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 110100101 10100101 111111111001 10111001 1111001001 1100101 111110101 001011001 111110101 1010110010 10101001001 11001010 010111001 110010011 111100111 11101111 110111111 1111110 1111111001 111011010 1100111101 110010011 1010010111 001011011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
his, your, he
Anaphora
and
