This is an analysis of Bewildering Emotions by James Whitcomb Riley.
The merriment that followed was subdued--
As though the story-teller's attitude…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbXXccaaXXddeeeX X XffXdXXXed
- Stanza lengths: 20,1,10,
- Metre: 0100110101 1101010101 0100010101 1101010101 01010001001 1001110100 1011011101 0101110100 1111011010 1111110101 1111010111 11001110101 1101111101 0111110111 1101010001 1101010001 1101110001 1111010101 1111010111 0110 111 1111 1101111101 0111111111 01011101110 1111011101 11010111101 1101111101 1101010011 1101010101 01
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 31
Repeated words/phrases
as, i, to, ', you
Epiphora
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Anadiplosis
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