This is an analysis of Lullaby by James Whitcomb Riley.
The maple strews the embers of its leaves
O'er the laggard swallows nestled 'neath the eaves;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbb ccbbb ddbbb
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 0101010001 100101010101 10101010001101 101010101001101 01010101001 0101010101 00101010101 10101010111101 100101010111101 100101010111 1101110111 0101010101 11111010101101 11111011111101 11111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, baby
Anaphora
and, the, o'er, till
Epiphora
bye
