This is an analysis of Plain Sermons by James Whitcomb Riley.
I saw a man--and envied him beside--
Because of this world's goods he had great store;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaeaXabab
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
- Metre: 1101110101 0100111111 1101110111 1111000111 1101011101 0111100101 1111010110 0111110101 1101011111 1101011101 1101000101 0101111111 1100010111 1101010111 0111011101 1101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
him, i