This is an analysis of Becalmed by James Whitcomb Riley.
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Would that the winds might only blow…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbbb XbbXXcc XAabbddaA
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,9,
- Metre: 1 11011101 1110010101 1001001011 1101100111 1011100101 1010100101 1 11100111 010100101 10010100101 1011100101 10110111 110110101 1 11011111 011100101 10011101 0010100111 110101101 011010111 11011111 11011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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