This is an analysis of The Katydids by James Whitcomb Riley.
Sometimes I keep
From going to sleep,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbb cccddd eeeffX ggXeee
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 0111 01001 01010011 1111 1111 11001101 1101 1101 11111101 1101 0111 11010001 1111 1101 00010111 0111 1111 11010011 1111 1111 110101010 1111 1111 101010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
and, '
Anaphora
i, and