This is an analysis of When June Is Here by James Whitcomb Riley.
When June is here--what art have we to sing
The whiteness of the lilies midst the green…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXcXccX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101111101 0100010101 01101110101 11011100100 11010101011 1101010101 0100010111 0101010100 1011010101 01001011111 01001010101 0101110101 0101110101 0101010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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