This is an analysis of Anselmo by James Whitcomb Riley.
Years did I vainly seek the good Lord's grace--,
Prayed, fasted, and did penance dire and dread;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbXbX cdcdeXeX cX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,2,
- Metre: 0011010011 11010101011 0101011101 1101010111 1101010111 110111111000 1110010111 11111101010 0101011101 0101011111 101101001001 1101111111 1101011111 1111010010 1111110101 11011101110 1001111111 1001111110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
and, i, vainly
Anaphora
and, so
