This is an analysis of The Days Gone By by James Whitcomb Riley.
O the days gone by! O the days gone by!
The apples in the orchard, and the pathway through the rye;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Aabbaa ccddaa Aaeeaa
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
- Metre: 1011110111 01000101011101 01000101010001 111010111110100 101110101011001 1110111000111 001111110101 101010101010101 101000101010101 101011101010101 10101110001101 1010001000111 1011110111 01000101010001 01010101100101 01011001010101 11110101010111 0010101000111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
by, in, and, of
Anaphora
the, and
Epiphora
by
