This is an analysis of Scraps by James Whitcomb Riley.
There's a habit I have nurtured,
From the sentimental time…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcded efcfeded eghgafef Xghgeefd chchXddd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 10101110 0010101 11111010 1110101 0100010 110101 0101010 1110111 1101110 1110101 00100110 1010011 1100110 1110101 0101110 1110101 0111010 1010111 1101010 010001 1111110 1010101 10010010 1110101 0101010 1110111 1111110 0011101 11101010 1010011 1111010 10010101 1100010 1111001 10101010 0010101 11100010 10011101 11111010 1011101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
my, and, of, you
Anaphora
and
