This is an analysis of The Island Hunting-Song by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

No more the summer floweret charms,
The leaves will soon be sere,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd edaddfdf gegeabaX hghghchc aiaijeje
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110101001 010101 110101001 010101 11010101 110101 01011101 1111101 11010101 010101 11110101 010101 11011101 110101 01010101 110101 11011101 1101001 110000101 011101 010010101 011101 10111101 110101 11010101 110101 01011101 111111 11000110 011111 11010111 010101 11110111 011001 110101101 110111 11010101 111001 11010101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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