This is an analysis of An Old Year's Address by James Whitcomb Riley.

'I have twankled the strings of the twinkering rain;
I have burnished the meteor's mail;…

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Structure

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  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

have, i, and, of

Anaphora

i, with, and