This is an analysis of Dusk by James Whitcomb Riley.
The frightened herds of clouds across the sky
Trample the sunshine down, and chase the day…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaXaabcbcbc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101010101 1001111101 0001010101 111111111 0111010001 1101011101 1101010101 0011111101 0101000111 1100011101 1101011101 01001011101 0101011101 0101000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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