This is an analysis of The Lost Path by James Whitcomb Riley.
Alone they walked--their fingers knit together,
And swaying listlessly as might a swing…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gege fefX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111101010 1101001101 01110100010 01110101001 01010101010 11011100101 10010001010 0101111001 01011101010 0101100111 11000100110 1111110101 010101010010 1100101101 11010011010 1100010111 111101011100 1101011011 11010101010 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Anaphora
the, and
