This is an analysis of Rhymes Of A Life-Time by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
FROM the first gleam of morning to the gray
Of peaceful evening, lo, a life unrolled!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacddccX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0011010001 01010101100 0101010101 01011100101 1011010101 1001010101 11010101111 1101010101 1011110101 11110101010 11111111110 01001111101 0111011101 0101000111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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