This is an analysis of The Philosopher To His Love by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
DEAREST, a look is but a ray
Reflected in a certain way;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddddee ffXbaa eeddaa ggaacc ggcXcc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 10010101 01000101 01110101 010100101 010100001 010101001 010101111 010010111 01110111 10110101 0111011001 010010111 100101111 11111101 110111010 01111111 11110010 11110101 11111111 11011101 11011111 11000101 11011100 11000101 11011101 10010101 11111101 11010101 11110101 01111101 01110101 11111011 01111101 11110101 11111101 01011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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