Analysis of Her Waiting Face
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
In some strange place
Of long-lost lands he finds her waiting face--
Comes marveling upon it, unaware,
Set moonwise in the midnight of her hair.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111 1111110101 110001101 11001101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 149 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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