Analysis of A Good Man
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
A good man never dies--
In worthy deed and prayer
And helpful hands, and honest eyes,
If smiles or tears be there:
Who lives for you and me--
Lives for the world he tries
To help--he lives eternally.
A good man never dies.
Who lives to bravely take
His share of toil and stress,
And, for his weaker fellows' sake,
Makes every burden less,--
He may, at last, seem worn--
Lie fallen--hands and eyes
Folded--yet, though we mourn and mourn,
A good man never dies.
Scheme | AbabcacA dedefafA |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 010101 01010101 111111 111101 110111 11110100 011101 111101 111101 01110101 1100101 111111 110101 10111101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 455 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
- 27 sec read
- 866 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"A Good Man" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/20775/a-good-man>.
Discuss this James Whitcomb Riley poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In