This is an analysis of The Last Prophecy Of Cassandra by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
THE sun is fading in the skies,
And evening shades are gathering fast;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fgfg hihi hchc agag iiii jjjj klkl akak jmjm
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010001 110111001 11011111 11111101 111101001 10110101 11011101 01011101 11111101 01110101 111100101 01000100 11111101 01010101 11110101 11011101 1100011001 11110101 11110101 01110101 11001101 11111111 10110101 11110101 1111010010 11101101 110111010 01010101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11010101 110101001 10111101 11100101 01010101 10111011 11010101 11110101 11011101 11001101 111111011 10110111 11110101 11110101 01110101 010101001 11011001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
thy, and, ye, not
Anaphora
ye, and
