This is an analysis of A Scrawl by James Whitcomb Riley.
I want to sing something-- but this is all--
I try and I try, but the rhymes are dull…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaX bcbc dede
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 1101101001 1111110111 1110110101 11100 101111101 101111100 111011001001 01101111 10110101 101111101 10100100111 1100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
and, i
Anaphora
i
