This is an analysis of Ike Walton's Prayer by James Whitcomb Riley.
I crave, dear Lord,
No boundless hoard…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabcXdcbdceecXf bbgXXbXXahhggigicfcjkjk kklhllhahammkknhnhXf
- Stanza lengths: 15,23,20,
- Metre: 1111 1101 0111 1101 1111 11010101 11010101 11010111 0101 1101 01110101 1111 11010101 10110101 11010100 1111 1101 11011101 11010110 0101 1101 110011110 01010100 11010101 1111 01110101 11000101 01000101 11010111 01011101 01000001 010100111 00110100 10010001 0101 1011 1101 0111 1111 1101 11001 1101 11011101 01110001 11000101 11010101 1111 11 01110001 01010111 01110001 11010101 1111 1101 1101 1101 01110101 11011100
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 58
Repeated words/phrases
nor, of, and
Anaphora
nor, and
