This is an analysis of The Ripest Peach by James Whitcomb Riley.
The ripest peach is highest on the tree --
And so her love, beyond the reach of me,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Aabb aAcc ccAX ddaA
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0101010101 1101010101 0100111101 0110111101 11011100111 0101010101 1101011101 1111100101 1101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1111110100 1111110101 1111110011 1101100111 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Anaphora
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