This is an analysis of Dawn, Noon And Dewfall by James Whitcomb Riley.
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Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bXXX X ccXc X Xbaa
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,
- Metre: 1 1111011110 11101010101010 100010101110 11101011111010 1 1010101101010 10101110101110 1110100111010 11111111101010 1 1011001101010 0011111101010 10101010101011 110101010101011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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Epiphora
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