This is an analysis of Her Waiting Face by James Whitcomb Riley.

In some strange place
Of long-lost lands he finds her waiting face--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 0111 0111110101 1100010101 1100011001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4