This is an analysis of The Girdle Of Friendship by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
SHE gathered at her slender waist
The beauteous robe she wore;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec fafa agag ahah
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101 010111 01010101 111101 010101001 110101 11010101 010101 110010101 0101001 010010101 011101 11110101 010101 110001001 010101 11010101 010011 010100001 110001 11111101 110111 010010101 1100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
the, so
