This is an analysis of To My Good Master by James Whitcomb Riley.

In fancy, always, at thy desk, thrown wide,
Thy most betreasured books ranged neighborly--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcaacbadXXXXd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101111111 11100011100 01010100111 11001111101 1101111101 1011010101 1001110100 0101010101 0110110001 1111010110 1110011011 010110100100 11010001101 11001110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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