This is an analysis of A Leave-Taking by James Whitcomb Riley.
She will not smile;
She will not stir;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbc debeffff fgfghdhd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 1011 1011 1101 1110 01110 1011 010010 0101 0111 0101 1100 1111 11010 110 11010 1111 1101 1101 1011 0101 11110 1111 10010 111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
her, hair
Anaphora
she, i, her
