Analysis of The Treasure Of The Wise Man
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
O the night was dark and the night was late,
And the robbers came to rob him;
And they picked the locks of his palace-gate,
The robbers that came to rob him--
They picked the locks of his palace-gate,
Seized his jewels and gems of state,
His coffers of gold and his priceless plate,--
The robbers that came to rob him.
But loud laughed he in the morning red!--
For of what had the robbers robbed him?--
Ho! hidden safe, as he slept in bed,
When the robbers came to rob him,--
They robbed him not of a golden shred
Of the childish dreams in his wise old head--
'And they're welcome to all things else,' he said,
When the robbers came to rob him.
| Scheme | abaBaaaB cbcBcccB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011100111 00101111 0110111101 01011111 110111101 11100111 1101101101 01011111 111100101 111101011 110111101 10101111 111110101 1010101111 0110111111 10101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 637 |
| Words | 132 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 244 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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