This is an analysis of Uncle Mart's Poem by James Whitcomb Riley.
THE OLD SNOW-MAN
Ho! the old Snow-Man…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a ABXbcdedcbaB cXXfccacggdgahXhabAB XbhbbhihbfafagXgibaB Xabaafafbgbgaababdbd aiiieajaeeejaihiXbaB ccccgababfbfXagagaaaahjjjhbaB
- Stanza lengths: 1,12,20,20,20,20,29,
- Metre: 0111 10111 11101 1111110 1010101 011111 1111111 1111010 1111110 11111101 111101 00111 11101 011111 111111 1101110 11111 1101011 1111101 11111111 111111 11110111 111111 01110101 110111 10111111 111111 01010101 110101 11111111 111111 10111 11101 11000111 110101 11111111 111101 11111101 011101 11011111 110111 11011111 010101 11110101 111111 11011101 110111 11011101 011111 11110101 111011 11010111 11101 1111101 010111 01111011 011111 111111101 110111 11010111 111111 01111101 111101 11110111 110111 11111111 1101101 01111101 110111 11111111 101101 11010111 111101 11110101 011111 11011111 11111 11011111 101111 11011011 111101 1101111 1010110 11010101 010100 11111111 110111 10110101 110101 0101010 0101101 10111 11101 11111111 010101 11010101 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 011101 11010101 110111 11010101 011111 10111 1010001 111110111 111111 01111111 011101 01010100 0111001 01010101 100101 11010111 110111 11000101 110111 11011111 11101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 121
Repeated words/phrases
and, round, he, his
Anaphora
and, stuck, his
Epiphora
man
