This is an analysis of Extremes by James Whitcomb Riley.
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: X aaXX X bbaX
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,
- Metre: 1 01011111 1010100101 11110111 110101010 1 101011111 1110110101 101100101 101011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 11
