This is an analysis of Under The Washington Elm, Cambridge by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
APRIL 27,1861
EIGHTY years have passed, and more,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X abaab cdccd eceec dfXdfXcbccb
- Stanza lengths: 1,5,5,5,11,
- Metre: 101 1001111 1100111 110100111 1110011101 1110111 101111 10101 101111100 10100111 110101 1100111 110101 10101101101 11001011 0010101 100111 100111 10010101 1010011101 100111 1101001 1010101 1101100110 110010101 1111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 26
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
half, what
