This is an analysis of The Watches Of The Night by James Whitcomb Riley.
O the waiting in the watches of the night!
In the darkness, desolation, and contrition and affright;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabbba aaaaXXXa aaaaaXaaXaaabbba
- Stanza lengths: 7,8,16,
- Metre: 10100010001 001010101010110 01011111010101 01010100110101 010101010010101 01010111010101 00101010001 11001010001 010011101010101 01010101010101 110010111 1110100 011011010111100 111111011100100 10101010001 1100010001 11010101110101 111110101110101 011111001110111 110011100010101 00111110001 1101 1101010001 1111010001 101010100111101 100111100010101 011010111110101 101001100010101 101010110010001 00100010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
ever, of, we, our
Anaphora
the, with, what
Epiphora
night
