This is an analysis of John Walsh by James Whitcomb Riley.
A strange life--strangely passed!
We may not read the soul…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaccaX daadeeaa fggfcchh XaabccXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 011101 111101 11110101 0111 11111101 11011111 11110101 11110101 110001 110101 11010001 0101 11111101 01010101 01000111 11010101 110111 1001001 01110101 0101 01011111 01010101 11000111 01011111 110101 110101 11110101 1100 11110101 11010001 11011101 111011110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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