This is an analysis of Granny by James Whitcomb Riley.

1 Granny's come to our house,
2 And ho! my lawzy-daisy!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb XdedXbfb gXgXXbgb fdXdebXbXababcbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
  • Metre: 1101011 11111010 11010101 10101010 11011101 11101110 111011101 11101110 11010001 11111010 11010101 11101010 111010110 11101010 11010101 11101110 11110101 11010100 111011010 1111010 1101110000 1110010110 11011111 1100110 11001010010 1110101010 1101010000 1101110 11110101 1101010 11010101 1111010 1101011 1111010 11010101 10101010 11011101 11101110 111011101 11101110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

fer, fetched, and