This is an analysis of Song Of Parting by James Whitcomb Riley.
Say farewell, and let me go;
Shatter every vow!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AaaaXXaA AbabccaA AaaaddaA
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 1111111 101001 1010101 00101 1001111 1110100 0110111 1111111 1111111 10101 1111111 11101 1111101 1110101 1110111 1111111 1111111 11101 1110101 11101 0010111 1111101 1101101 1111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
say
Epiphora
go
