This is an analysis of A Song Of The Road by James Whitcomb Riley.
O I will walk with you, my lad, whichever way you fare,
You'll have me, too, the side o' you, with heart as light as air;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cbcB bbbbbbXcbcB
- Stanza lengths: 6,4,11,
- Metre: 11010111010111 11110111011111 111101110010101 0110010111101 011100111110111 11010111110101 11010111 010111 11111111 110101 11111101110111 11010111110101 011111111011101 11100111011101 01010101111111 11011101010101 11010111 011010 01011111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
you, i, with, walk, or, an'
Anadiplosis
to
