This is an analysis of The Shoemaker by James Whitcomb Riley.
Thou Poet, who, like any lark,
Dost whet thy beak and trill…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh diXiecec bXbXjhjh dkhkilil
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11011101 111111 01011101 110111 11101101 111001 110010001 100111 11011110 010111 11011101 110101 11110111 110101 11110101 110101 11010111 110101 10110100 010101 11110100 110001 11010101 010101 11011111 010101 11111101 011100 11111001 110110 01011101 110011 11010111 110101 11111101 010111 11110111 1100101 01011101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and, his
Anaphora
one, and
