This is an analysis of The Sphinx by James Whitcomb Riley.
I know all about the Sphinx--
I know even what she thinks,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb XXcc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 1110101 1110111 1000101 1010101 1111111 1110100 111111 1111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
she, for
Anaphora
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