This is an analysis of The Singer by James Whitcomb Riley.

While with Ambition's hectic flame
He wastes the midnight oil,…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 10100101 110111 111101101 011001 11010101 011101 11010001 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8