This is an analysis of The Rival by James Whitcomb Riley.
I so loved once, when Death came by I hid
Away my face,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dXdX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111111111 1011 1111010101 111101 0111111001 1111 0111110101 110001 1111011101 1100 0011101100 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
my, and
Anaphora
and
