This is an analysis of Dan Paine by James Whitcomb Riley.
Old friend of mine, whose chiming name
Has been the burthen of a rhyme…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc cdcdeecc cfcfffcc cfcfeecc ghghbbcc
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11011101 10010001 01111111 01101101 01010011 11110001 11110111 11110111 01011101 01010101 11011101 11111101 10110101 11010101 11011111 11010111 01010011 01010011 11110101 11110101 11011111 11011100 11010111 01011111 01010011 11011101 1100101001 11000101 11010011 01111101 01111101 11111111 11110101 11011101 11010111 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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