This is an analysis of Away by James Whitcomb Riley.
I cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead- . He is just away!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd cc ee ff gg bb Xb ddXaa
- Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Metre: 110111011 110110101 00101101001 1110001011 111101101 011011101 111110101 1011110101 10110111 0010110101 110111101 00100100101 11101111 1010100111 0101101001 110110100 01000111 1100010111 10101111010 110110101 11111110101 010101101 101110111 101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
he, and, of, as
