This is an analysis of Semi-Centennial Celebration Of The New England Society by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 22, 1855
NEW ENGLAND, we love thee; no time can erase…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aabb XXcc ddXX bbee bbbb ccff ggcc cchh iidd
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101011 11011111101 001011001111 1001011001011 111011001001 011010010110 111001011001 11011011001 01111101001 111011001101 101101001011 10111011011 11011011010 01011011001 1111111001001 111011111001 111011101101 111101011001 111001111101 111111011001 11111111001 11101001011 111111011011 01111011001 101001001001 1101001001010 111001001001 11101101011 11101001101 111011001001 101111101011 111011001001 101101011011 01111001001 111011010001 11111011001 11101001011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 37
Repeated words/phrases
in, she, there, to
Anaphora
new, they, there
Epiphora
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