This is an analysis of Dead Selves by James Whitcomb Riley.
How many of my selves are dead?
The ghosts of many haunt me: Lo,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbaabaA cXccdaA edeedaA eXeeXaA fgfXgaA ahaahaA gfggfaA hihhiaA ajaajaa
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 11001111 01010111 01000101 01010100 11000101 11110101 11001111 01010101 11011100 01010111 01010101 01010101 11111111 11001111 01010111 01011101 11010111 101010111 01100111 01110111 11001111 01010101 10010101 11011111 01011101 01011110 11011101 11001111 01010001 01011111 01010101 01011110 11110111 01011101 11001111 01111101 01011101 01011101 01010101 01010001 111100101 11001111 01011101 01000101 11010101 100000101 01010101 11110001 11001111 010010101 11111100 010010101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11001111 11001111 11010101 01110101 11110100 11010111 01100101 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 63
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, of, my
Anaphora
the, and, in, with, nor
Epiphora
dead