This is an analysis of Bedouin by James Whitcomb Riley.

O love is like an untamed steed!--
So hot of heart and wild of speed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddeeddffgg
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 110111001 11011101 10110101 01001101 010101001 01001111 01110011 11110011 11010101 11011100 11010111 01110101 010010001 110110111 01010101 01000101 11110111 01011100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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