This is an analysis of When Old Jack Died by James Whitcomb Riley.
I.
When old Jack died, we staid from school (they said,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bccbbccbdXbdab X beebbeebXcbXcb X abbaabbaffbffb
- Stanza lengths: 1,14,1,14,1,14,
- Metre: 1 1111110111 1111011111 0111010101 1111010101 1111110101 1111011001 1110011110 0111111101 1101110111 0001011011 1001111111 1111001011 11011111011 101011111 1 1111010101 1100101111 1111010101 0101111101 0111010111 0101011101 11010101111 1011111111 0110111101 0111111101 1111111101 1111111111 0101111101 1100111111 1 1111010111 1101010101 0101011101 10100110111 0101011101 0111011101 1101011111 0111010011 1111010101 1100110111 1111101101 1101111101 11001110101 11111101111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
and, we, him, that