This is an analysis of Indiana by James Whitcomb Riley.

Our Land-- our Home-- the common home indeed
Of soil-born children and adopted ones--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacaXcaX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010101 0111010101 0101010101 0100110110 1101011101 0101100101 1011011111 1111110111 0101010101 11010101001 0111110111 1101000111 1111100001 01100100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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