This is an analysis of Autumn by James Whitcomb Riley.

As a harvester, at dusk,
Faring down some woody trail…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXbccddeec ffghhffgbbg iigccgggbgbffcc hffhffgjjgffgkfflkbblgg mmkkmdknknccdmmd nnefefooppbbflfplpfpbb
  • Stanza lengths: 13,11,15,23,16,22,
  • Metre: 1010011 1011101 1010101 0110110 1011111 1110111 1011101 1101101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1111101 1110101 1110111 1111111 1010001 1010101 10101001 1110101 1010111 1011111 1011101 1010111 1010001 1010111 1010101 1010101 10010101 1011101 0010101 1011111 1111101 0010100 1011101 0010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010001 1010101 1010101 1011101 10010111 1000101 1010101 0010111 1010101 1010001 1010101 1011100 1000101 1010001 0010101 1011101 0010101 1010101 1001111 1010100 1110101 1010111 1000101 1010111 0010101 10100001 0010101 0010101 0011001 1000101 0011101 0010100 0011101 1010101 1011111 10010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1110101 100111 1010101 1010101 1111001 1110001 1010101 0111101 1010101 1010111 0011101 1001100 1011101 1011101 0010011 1011101 1111101 1010101 1011101 1001101 1010101 1011100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 100

Repeated words/phrases

and, of

Anaphora

singing, of