This is an analysis of A Fruit Piece by James Whitcomb Riley.

The afternoon of summer folds
Its warm arms round the marigolds,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc bb Xa aa dd ee ff XX gg bX hh
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 01010101 01110101 10010101 01011100 100100101 10010101 11010101 11011101 11000111 01111101 11010101 01100101 010110101 11000101 01010101 11010101 11111101 110100111 01010100 01110100 11011101 01111111 01110101 11011000 10110001 010110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 26