St. Anthony The Reformer by Oliver Wendell Holmes: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem St. Anthony The Reformer that begins with:

HIS TEMPTATION
No fear lest praise should make us proud!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a baba cdcd efef gaga chch ijij jkjkXbebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0010 11111111 11110101 01010001 01011101 01011101 110101001 01110101 11110101 10110101 010010101 110010101 01101101 110101010 11110101 1100101010 110010001 11011101 110111001 11011101 11110101 010111001 11111101 11011101 010110001 11110101 11110001 11011001 11010101 11010101 01011101 11010101 010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words then, too are repeated.

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