This is an analysis of Say Something To Me by James Whitcomb Riley.
Say something to me! I've waited so long--
Waited and wondered in vain;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededfdfd ggggahXh
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 1100111011 1011001 1001011101 1001001 1001011011 1011001 1001011011 1101111 1100101001 1101001 1011101001 1111011 1001011010 1101001 1001001001 1111011 1100111111 0111101 0111001001 1111101 0011011011 1011011 1101111010 1001001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
i, and
Anaphora
over
