This is an analysis of The Two Armies by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
As Life's unending column pours,
Two marshalled hosts are seen,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea bfbf gcgc hdhd haha iaia jfjf hjhjXhbhb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11010101 110111 11010101 111101 11000111 011101 11010101 110001 11010101 011101 11010101 110101 01011101 111101 01010101 110001 111111001 110101 01011101 010111 11110101 110101 01010111 110111 110101001 010101 01010111 1101010 11010101 110101 101100111 0100101 11110001 110101 11110111 110101 10010101 010101 10110001 101101 110101001 111111 11010101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Anaphora
two, the
