This is an analysis of Donn Piatt Of Mac-O-Chee by James Whitcomb Riley.
Donn Piatt--of Mac-o-chee,--
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccddeeeeffaA X AaccccggfXhhaA X AbiijjeeddhhaA X AbkkffddabddaA
- Stanza lengths: 14,1,14,1,14,1,14,
- Metre: 1100111 1010100 1010111 10010001 1011101 1011100 1010111 1010101 1011011 1000101 0010101 1010101 1010101 1100111 1 1100111 1000111 1110001 1011101 10010101 0011101 1110111 0011101 1011111 10101010 11001101 1010001 10101101 1100111 1 1100111 1010100 1010101 1111111 1111101 1010101 1011101 0010101 1010101 0010001 1010101 0011101 0010111 1100111 1 1100111 1010100 1010111 1001101 1010111 1010001 1010111 1010101 1010111 1010100 1010101 1011111 1011101 1100111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 62
Repeated words/phrases
of, and
Anaphora
of, known
