This is an analysis of A' Old Played-Out Song by James Whitcomb Riley.
It's the curiousest thing in creation,
Whenever I hear that old song,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbXaca daXaXedX fgfgfhdh fijifjij dicifkjk XXbhXeXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 0010010010 01011111 11111100110 11111101 110011100 010000111 1110110110 11111001 1010010110 11111011 111111111 10101001 0010110010 01011001 1010010110 011111110 111010110 01111011 111110111 00100111 1011010011 111001011 1010111110 11111011 1111111110 11011001 110110010 11101001 1010010110 101111011 0111010010 01001111 11111101010 11011101 110110010 11001101 1010111010 101011001 1011010010 01111001 111010010 11101010 1110011110 11101001 1111011010 11101001 0110110110 011111110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
it, her, as, and, of
Anaphora
and
