This is an analysis of A Noon Interval by James Whitcomb Riley.
A deep, delicious hush in earth and sky --
A gracious lull--since, from its wakening,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbacacXca
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101010111 0101100100 01100100101 0101010111 1100110111 0100011100 111100011101 11000110101 1001000101 01010111001 0101001111 1100101100 11001010101 0111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
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