This is an analysis of A Parent Reprimanded by James Whitcomb Riley.

Sometimes I think 'at Parents does
Things ist about as bad as _us_--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX abacbcXaa
  • Stanza lengths: 2,9,
  • Metre: 01111101 11011111 11110111 11111111 011101 11111011 111111 10011101 100111011 11111101 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

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