This is an analysis of On The Sunny Side by James Whitcomb Riley.
Hi and whoop-hooray, boys!
Sing a song of cheer!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacaC dedeacaC XfXfacaC gbgbacaC hghgacaC
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 111011 10101 101011 10101 101110 11111 111010 10101 101110 10101 101010 10101 101011 10101 100011 10101 101010 10101 101010 10111 101011 10101 101111 10101 100011 11001 101011 00101 101011 11101 101011 10101 101110 10111 101010 11100 101111 10111 100011 10101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
hear, in
Anaphora
hear, where's
