This is an analysis of Time by James Whitcomb Riley.
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The ticking-- ticking-- ticking of the clock--!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabbaaXbacdcdcc Xebbeebbefgffgg
- Stanza lengths: 15,15,
- Metre: 1 0101010001 1111111111 1101111101 1101010101 0101001101 0101000111 1101010101 11011111001 1010110101 1101011101 11010011001 1110010101 1101010101 0111111111 1 1101011101 1111110111 01010101100 0101110111 1011001111 11001010111 0110101101 1101011111 0111110101 1011111111 1011010111 1101010101 1101010101 11001111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
ticking, we, and
Anaphora
of
