This is an analysis of Ridden Down by Ellis Parker Butler.

When I taught Ida how to ride a
Bicycle that night,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbb acXcbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 111101010 10011 110101010 10110 11011001 11011101 111101110 10101 111000010 10111 01001101 11011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12