This is an analysis of We Are Not Always Glad When We Smile by James Whitcomb Riley.
We are not always glad when we smile:
Though we wear a fair face and are gay,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Abccbadeed Aeffedgbbg AheehhXiiA
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
- Metre: 111111111 111011111 101101 111001 111001001 11001001 100011001 111101 111001 111001011 111111111 101001001 11001 001001 101111001 101001011 11101001 11001 001001 11101011 111111111 101001001 101011 111001 01001001 11011011 101011010 01001 001101 111111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
we, in
Anaphora
and
