This is an analysis of My Bride That Is To Be by James Whitcomb Riley.
O soul of mine, look out and see
My bride, my bride that is to be!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAbXcbcbaA addeaffffggaaaA gghiiihhaggaA ffhhiggieggea bbajejbbbbkkggkXiiccaA
- Stanza lengths: 10,15,13,13,22,
- Metre: 11011111 11111000 11010101 11011000 11110101 11010111 01011101 01010101 01011101 11111000 01100111 11010101 01011101 01011100 11111000 11010101 11010001 11010101 01011101 101011111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11111000 11100111 11011111 11011111 01000111 01110101 110110101 11000101 01010101 11110001 11110011 01000111 11011111 11111000 01010101 01110101 11000101 01010100 11010101 11110111 11010101 11010101 01011100 11011101 01111101 01111100 11111000 11011101 11110101 11010101 01011101 11010100 11110111 11010101 01011101 11010101 11010111 01010011 01010101 11010101 01011101 11010101 11010100 11010101 01000111 11001111 01010101 11011001 11111000
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 73
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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