This is an analysis of A Variation by James Whitcomb Riley.
I am tired of this!
Nothing else but loving!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb XXcXaa ccccXX dedeff gdgdaa hdhdaa cicigg
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 111000 101110 1011111 111010 1110101 1110101 10111 101110 1111111 100110 1110111 1010101 11111 111010 1111101 101010 1110110 1010011 11111 011010 1010101 101010 1110101 1011111 11101 100110 1111101 111010 1001101 1011111 11111 111010 1011001 111110 00111001 1110100 10111 101110 1011101 001010 1001101 1000101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
', me, how, i, hate, and
Anaphora
nothing, how, something
Epiphora
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