This is an analysis of His Vigil by James Whitcomb Riley.
Close the book and dim the light,
I shall read no more to-night.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddddbb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1011101 1111101 1111101 1111111 0010101 1000111 1001101 1110101 1111111 0010111 1110111 1111110 1010111 1110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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