This is an analysis of While The Musician Played by James Whitcomb Riley.
O it was but a dream I had
While the musician played!--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AAaABCBC ddddXeae fbfbgege ghghddddXAAaABCBC
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 10110111 100101 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 110101001 110001 11010101 100101 110010101 1111001 1101010110 010101 11010101 110101 10111101 111101 11010101 110101 110101001 0111001 01011100 010101 01111101 010101 11010101 111101 11110101 010101 11101101 010011 10110111 100101 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 110101001 110001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
and, that
