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 |
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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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