This is an analysis of To Rutherford Birchard Hayes by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
AT THE DINNER TO THE PRESIDENT,
BOSTON, JUNE 26, 1877…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aX bbccbb aaaa ddbbeeff ggaa ddeehhXcii
- Stanza lengths: 2,6,4,8,4,10,
- Metre: 101000101 10111 1011110001 1111010111 1111000101 1101110111 1111110111 1101010001 0100110101 0111011101 1001010110 1101000101 1101110101 1011110111 1111110111 1011110111 110011101001 1001011101 1101101101 1001110101 1101111101 1101011111 11010010111 1001110101 1111011101 1011010101 0101010101 0101011101 10110100111 1111000111 10110010110 11001010100 1011110111 1111011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
we
Anaphora
the
