This is an analysis of Leonainie by James Whitcomb Riley.
Leonainie--Angels named her;
And they took the light…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXXcb adadcccd XeaefffX ededgggd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101010 11101 00101110 00101 11101010 11101010 11111001 00101 00101010 11101 10101010 10101 110001011 10111011 10111111 00101 10101010 00101 111001010 11101 10111111 11110011 111011 10101 11110110 10101 10101010 10001 100111110 00101110 111010 01101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
and, her, me, you
Anaphora
in
Epiphora
me, you
