This is an analysis of The Dying Seneca by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
HE died not as the martyr dies,
Wrapped in his living shroud of flame;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc adedff eaeagg hXhXee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11110101 10010101 111101001 10010101 01010001 010010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 010100101 110100101 01011101 01110101 01010101 11010101 101100100 01011101 11010101 11111111 11010101 110101001 11010111 01010101 011101011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
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