This is an analysis of When Bessie Died by James Whitcomb Riley.
If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped,
And ne'er would nestle in your palm again;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXX BbccaabbB Bbddeebb BbffccggbBB
- Stanza lengths: 3,9,8,11,
- Metre: 0011010111 1111001101 00110001111 1101 11001111 01101101 11010101 01010101 01010000 11110101 11010111 1101 1101 110100101 11010001 11011001 01100111 11111111 11110111 111100101 1101 110010101 11011101 01011101 11011111 10011100 11010101 0101100 11011101 1101 1101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 31
Anaphora
when, we
Epiphora
died