Analysis of Intellectual Limitations

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



Parunts knows lots more than us,
But they don't know _all_ things,--
'Cause we ketch 'em, lots o' times,
Even on little small things.

One time Winnie ask' her Ma,
At the winder, sewin',
What's the wind a-doin' when
It's a-not a-_blowin_'?

Yes, an' 'Del', that very day,
When we're nearly froze out,
He ask' Uncle _where_ it goes
When the fire goes out?

Nen _I_ run to ask my Pa,
That way, somepin' funny;
But I can't say ist but 'Say,'
When he turn to me an' say,
'Well, what is it, Honey?'


Scheme XAXA BCCC DEXE BCDDC
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111111 1111111 1011011 1110101 10101 101011 10101 1111101 111011 1110111 101011 1111111 11110 1111111 1111111 111110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 482
Words 99
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 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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