This is an analysis of Unless by James Whitcomb Riley.

Who has not wanted, does not guess
What plenty is.--Who has not groped…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbbc dbdbacca aeaebXdb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11110111 11001111 01011100 110101 0101011 01011101 10010101 011100 11110101 11011111 01011111 110100 01011101 11110100 11011100 010111 11111101 11001110 01011011 110101 11111111 11010100 11111101 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

not, has, and, knows