This is an analysis of A Sudden Shower by James Whitcomb Riley.
Barefooted boys scud up the street
Or skurry under sheltering sheds;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ebeb fgfg bbbb egeg bhbh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 100011101 110101001 11010111 10010111 11110101 010011101 11110101 01010101 11010101 01110101 01010101 11010001 01111101 01011111 10011100 01010101 01010101 11011101 11000101 01010111 01010101 01100101 11000101 01010101 01010101 11010111 01010111 01010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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