This is an analysis of The Willow by James Whitcomb Riley.
Who shall sing a simple ditty about the Willow,
Dainty-fine and delicate as any bending spray…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dede
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 1110101001011 1011100110101 110101011101010 1000101010001 1010101101110 10101001110101 1110111001010 101010010101 11101110101110 101011011101 10111010101010 10101001010101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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