This is an analysis of The Mulberry Tree by James Whitcomb Riley.
It's many's the scenes which is dear to my mind
As I think of my childhood so long left behind;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXcdd eeaaaadd ffXXbbddXddccdddd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,17,
- Metre: 01001101011 111011111101 01011001101 1011010110101 01111101011 001011111001 101001111001 101001001101 101111011101 111011101111 101101011101 101011111001 101101101101 111011001111 011011011101 01001001101 101001111011 101101011111 101011111101 01001101001 111101011011 111011111101 111011001101 011001001101 101110011101 111001101111 101001001111 001101101101 101011001011 001001011001 101001111100 111010101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
my, of, and, his, as
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
tree
