Analysis of Her Face And Brow

James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)



Ah, help me! but her face and brow
Are lovelier than lilies are
Beneath the light of moon and star
That smile as they are smiling now--
White lilies in a pallid swoon
Of sweetest white beneath the moon--
White lilies, in a flood of bright
Pure lucidness of liquid light
Cascading down some plenilune,
When all the azure overhead
Blooms like a dazzling daisy-bed.--
So luminous her face and brow,
The luster of their glory, shed
In memory, even, blinds me now.


Scheme ABBACCDDCEEAEA
Poetic Form
Metre 11110101 111101 01011101 11111101 11000101 11010101 11000111 111101 010111 11010101 110100101 11000101 01011101 010010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 454
Words 86
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 360
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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James Whitcomb Riley

James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. more…

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