This is an analysis of A Brave Refrain by James Whitcomb Riley.
When snow is here, and the trees look weird,
And the knuckled twigs are gloved with frost;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD efefgdgD hihiXdXD XXbbdD
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,6,
- Metre: 110110111 101011101 1011000101 1011100101 101010101 1010010101 1010011101 1100110101 1011110101 101010101 1011110101 1011110101 1010100101 1010100101 110100011 1100110101 1011110101 111110101 1011100101 101111111 101110101 1010110101 10100101 1100110101 10 101010101001 10100101 1010011111 1100110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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