This is an analysis of Private Theatricals by James Whitcomb Riley.
A quite convincing axiom
Is, 'Life is like a play';…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabbbb cdcdccc efefccc fgfgbbX XXXbhhX
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 01010100 010101 11010101 111001 1111 0101 11010101 11110100 010101 11010101 110001 1101 0101 11110101 11111101 010101 110010001 110100 0101 0101 1101001001 11010101 0111010 01010101 010101 1111 101001 110101000 1001010 110101 11101010 00101001 1111 01011 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
i, her, and
Anaphora
and
