This is an analysis of August by James Whitcomb Riley.
A day of torpor in the sullen heat
Of Summer's passion: In the sluggish stream…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae efef Xfaf gcgc hchc ieie jfjfXaaaa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 0101000101 0101000101 0101011101 010111 1101111001 1111010101 0111011101 1101011 0101010101 0101010111 0101001101 010101 0101010101 0111011101 0101010101 010001 01000100101 01010101001 0101110101 010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101000101 010001 0101110101 11001110101 0101010111 010001 1101010101 0101010001 0101010101 010101 0100111101 0101010001 1100010101 110101 1101110101 0101010101 1110010111 010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and, of
Anaphora
a, the