This is an analysis of The Crooked Footpath by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
AH, here it is! the sliding rail
That marks the old remembered spot,--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb eaea fefe fbfb egeg aeae hdhd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11000101 11010101 01111111 01010101 01011111 010011101 11000101 11010111 11110101 01010111 01010101 11110101 01010101 01011101 110011101 01011101 11010111 110101001 11011111 11101111 01110101 01011101 11010101 01011101 11010101 01010101 111100101 01010101 11111100 11010101 11011101 01010001 1011101 11011101 110100001 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Anaphora
the, no, and
