This is an analysis of A Passing Hail by James Whitcomb Riley.
Let us rest ourselves a bit!
Worry?-- wave your hand to it --…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AaBb XXcc ddee ffgg hhhh iiiX aagg eeaaXAaBb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1110101 1011100 1110111 0110101 1000101 1110101 111101 0010101 1111111 1010101 1110101 0010101 1111111 0110101 1010111 10011001 1111101 0110001 1110101 0110101 1010101 10010101 1010111 11111000 1110111 1011101 1110101 0111101 1110101 1010101 10101001 1110001 1110101 1011100 1110111 0110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
