This is an analysis of Proem by James Whitcomb Riley.
Where are they-- the Afterwhiles--
Luring us the lengthening miles…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabbccbbddXX eeffdXggddgX aahhiijjaagX eeccddffccgX XabbXcffaXaX
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,12,
- Metre: 11101000 101010010 0111001 0010101 1010101 1011101 00111001 0010101 1010101 10110100 10101100 1101000 1001101 1011111 00100101 0010101 0010001 0110100 1001101 1010111 0010101 1010101 0011001 1110100 1001101 0010001 0100001 01101001 0110111 1110101 1010101 1011111 1110111 1110101 1011101 0110100 1001101 0110100 1011011 0110111 1010111 1011001 1110111 0011101 1110111 1111101 1110111 1011100 10101000 111110110 010101 1011111 1010010 1100101 011000101 1011001 11100111 1011100 111010010 10001000
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, on
Anaphora
to, of
Anadiplosis
afterwhile
