This is an analysis of The Dilemma by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Now, by the blessed Paphian queen,
Who heaves the breast of sweet sixteen;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffggdd hhiijjdd ffaaeeaa aaggccjj bbggkkjj
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1101101 11010101 110011111 01110111 11011101 11110101 01110101 11010101 11010011 11010101 010010111 010010101 110101001 11110101 1100111001 11010101 11010111 01010101 11011101 10111101 11110101 11111101 11011111 11010101 11010111 01110101 110101001 11010001 11010101 11101111 11111101 11111111 11011101 110100001 11010101 01011111 11010101 01010101 11010101 1100101001 11110101 01111001 11010101 11110101 11110101 01011101 11010101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
by, she
Anaphora
by, i, she