This is an analysis of The Beautiful City by James Whitcomb Riley.
The Beautiful City! Forever
Its rapturous praises resound;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacac deXefbfb egegdede egegeeXe fhfhabab hghgidid
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 010010010 01001011 111010110 01001001 110111010 11011001 0010010110 11101001 1100101101 11001001 010110100 11011011 1010010110 101001101 1010010010 001001001 110011010 00101001 010110010 11001001 1010010011 11001001 1110010011 1111001 110110110 11001011 111111010 01100001 010011110 01001011 110110100 01001101 1101101010 01011001 1010110110 101101001 1010110110 11001101 1111011010 11001101 010010110 11001011 111011010 11001001 111011010 01111001 011010010 11001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
of, and
Anaphora
no, the, and
