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;…

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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